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
Member State
Table
continued
Do official
bodies collect
data on ‘racist
crime’/ violence
and associated
activities?
What do
official bodies
record?
Official quantitative
data reported
in RAXEN NFP report as
follows:
(latest available data as of
March 2005)
Lithuania
SOME LIMITED
data available
Pre-trial investigations
Ministry of the Interior
In 2004
4 investigations variously
relating to
Art.312, Art.187 and Art.284
of Penal Code
Hungary
YES
SOME DATA
Court Cases
Ministry of the Interior
State Security Department
Police and Prosecutorial
Crime Statistics (National
Statistics Data Collection
Programme), collects data on
crimes against: ‘State and
humanity’ (Criminal Code
139§ and 165§); ‘freedom of
conscience and religion’
(Criminal Code 174/A §);
‘member of a national, ethnic,
racial or religious group’
(Criminal Code 174/B §); and
‘incitement against a
community’ (Criminal Code
269 §).
Data kept on crimes,
perpetrators and punishments
relating to the above offences.
In 2004
4 court cases relating to
Art.170 of the Penal Code
(incitement of national, racial,
ethnic, religious or other
hatred).
2 court cases relating to
Art.214 of the Code of
Administrative Violations
In 2003
2 crimes against ‘State and
humanity’ registered
11 crimes against a ‘member
of a national, ethnic, racial or
religious group’ registered.
14 crimes of ‘incitement
against a community’
registered.
In 2004
1 crime against ‘State and
humanity’ registered.
8 people accused under this
category.
7 crimes against a ‘member of
a national, ethnic, racial or
religious group’ registered.
6 people accused under this
category.
17 crimes of ‘incitement
against a community’
registered.
6 people accused under this
category.
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