RACIST VIOLENCE IN 15 EU MEMBER STATES - Cospe

RACIST VIOLENCE IN 15 EU MEMBER STATES - A Comparative Overview of Findings from the RAXEN NFP Reports 2001-2004
ANNEX II:
Information supplied to RAXEN NFPs on official data about racist violence
(and associated activities) in ten new Member States
Member State
Czech
Republic
Estonia
Cyprus
Do official
bodies collect
data on ‘racist
crime’/ violence
and associated
activities?
YES
NO
data
available
NO
data
available
What do
official bodies
record?
Ministry of Interior publishes a
monthly statistical review of
crimes, including those
relating to defamation of
nation/race/ethnic
group/confidence (art 198);
initiation to hatred (art 198a);
support and propagation of
movements repressing human
rights and freedoms (art 260,
261, 261a).
Ministry of Justice,
Department of Information –
keeps records of cases where
racist, national or other hatred
motivation accused.
The Security Police collect
information on extremist
groups and individuals.
Offences reported to the
police by nationality and type
of violence. But does not
include racist motivation.
Official quantitative
data reported
in RAXEN NFP report as
follows:
(latest available data as of
March 2005)
2003
236 ‘racist crimes’
Jan-Nov 2004
209 ‘racist crimes’
January – June 2004
96 cases in which State
prosecutors delivered an
accusation based on racist,
national or other hatred –
which can include racist
violence
NO information
NO information
Latvia
RAXEN 5 indicates that a set
of guidelines will be adopted
to classify incidents as ‘racially
motivated’ – likely to come
into force January 2005.
NO data available NO information
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