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Serbia regularly reports data on hate crimes to ODIHR. In 2018, the Office of the Prosecutor General, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and ODIHR, developed Guidelines for the prosecution of hate crimes in the Republic of Serbia. A network of contact persons working on hate crime within the prosecution services was established and, with the OSCE Mission's assistance, the Judicial Academy has developed, integrated and implements a hate crime training plan and programme.

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Download the 2019 hate crime report for Serbia

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2023	53	4	2
2022	94	11	6
2021	109	11	11
2020	66	5	4
2019	86	14	10
2018	61	12	7
2017	5	0	0
2016	9	1	2
2015	79	7	19
2014	87	21	14
2013	64	24	16
2012	36	39	37
2011	39	36	24
2010	37	35	13
2009	82	16	44

About 2019 Data

Reported police, prosecution and sentencing figures include the offences of hate speech, discrimination and violation of equality, which fall outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

In 2019, the National Strategy for Exercising the Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crimes, for the period 2019-2025, as well as the Action Plan for the first three years of the Strategy's implementation were drafted.

The Public Prosecutor's Office, the Judicial Academy and the OSCE Mission to Serbia continued organizing training events for public prosecutors in 2019, with the aim of improving the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. These events included the presentation of the Guidelines for the prosecution of hate crimes in the Republic of Serbia, developed jointly by the Public Prosecutor's Office, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and civil society representatives, as well as examples of practical actions of the competent bodies concerning hate crimes, and the practice of the European Court of Human Rights.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Serbia have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-05	Attacks against property	SETA	Show info
2019-09	Attacks against property	OSCE Mission to Serbia	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	SETA	Show info
2019-12	Attacks against property	OSCE Mission to Serbia	Show info
2019-12	Attacks against property	OSCE Mission to Serbia	Show info
2019-04	Threats/Harassment	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights SETA	Show info
2019	Violent attacks against people	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info

Anti-Roma hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-10	Violent attacks against people	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2019-09	Threats/Harassment	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2019-06	Violent attacks against people	European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) OSCE Mission to Serbia OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info

Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-08	Attacks against property	OSCE Mission to Serbia	Show info

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-09	Attacks against property	SETA	Show info
2019-05	Attacks against property	SETA	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	SETA	Show info
2019-10	Attacks against property	OSCE Mission to Serbia	Show info
2019-04	Threats/Harassment	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights SETA	Show info
2019	Violent attacks against people	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info

Anti-Christian hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-12	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2019-09	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info

Disability hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-04	Violent attacks against people	OSCE Mission to Serbia	Show info

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-03	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-09	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-01	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-11	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-11	Violent attacks against people	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2019-05	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-09	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-06	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-06	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-10	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-01	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-02	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-03	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-02	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-06	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-04	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-08	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-06	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-06	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-07	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-07	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-05	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-10	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna! OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2019-08	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-09	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-09	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-11	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-10	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-11	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-12	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-01	Attacks against property	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-10	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-02	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-06	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-02	Threats/Harassment	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-09	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-06	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-07	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-07	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna!	Show info
2019-11	Violent attacks against people	Association Da se zna! OSCE Mission to Serbia	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.