In 2010, the largest share in recorded incidents concerning racist and hate crimes is held by right wing extremist incidents; racist/xenophobic, anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic incidents recorded account for a considerably smaller proportion. The number of officially recorded incidents is lower than the number of incidents based on unofficial sources (i.e. NGOs). In 2008, the Equal Treatment Bodies received a total of 478 inquiries on grounds of ethnic discrimination.

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  • Racist violence - Hate Speech Statistics

    Looking at official data for 2009 and 2010, the largest share in recorded incidents is held by right wing extremist incidents; racist/xenophobic, anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic incidents recorded account for a considerably smaller proportion. The number of officially recorded incidents is lower than the number of incidents based on unofficial sources (i.e. NGOs).

    • Overall numbers of racist & hate crime

      Qualitative Info

      Looking at official data for 2009 and 2010, the largest share in recorded incidents is held by right wing extremist incidents; racist/xenophobic, anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic incidents recorded account for a considerably smaller proportion (e.g. in 2009 356 right wing extremist vs. 49 xenophobic/racist, 12 anti-Semitic, zero anti-Islamic incidents). In 2010, a total of 580 right wing extremist, xenophobic, racist, islamophobic, anti-Semitic and other related offences were recorded. An offence can consist of several incidents. 282 offences could be solved (48.6 per cent). Out of 580 offences there were 57.8 per cent right wing extremist, 11 per cent xenophobic/racist, 4.6 per cent anti-Semitic and 1.4 per cent anti-Islamic motivated. The motivation concerning the remaining 25.2 per cent was either unclear or amibiguous.

      It emerges that the number of officially recorded incidents is lower than the number of incidents based on unofficial sources: the NGO ZARA documented for 2009 798 and for 2010 745 racist (incl. religiously motivated) incidents; the NGO Helping Hands Graz documented 392 and in 2010 389 incidents. In comparison, in 2009 the official figure for racist/xenophobic, anti-Islamic and anti-Semitic incidents is 61; after adding right wing extremist incidents and ‘other’ incidents, the total amount is 453 and in 2010 580 incidents.


      Sources: http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Verfassungsschutz/BVT_VSB_2011_online.pdf; http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Verfassungsschutz/BVT_VSB_2010_20100401_Onlinefassung.pdf; http://www.zara.or.at/_doc/2011/Zara_RassismusReport_2010.pdf; http://www.zara.or.at/_doc/2010/ZARA_RassismusReport2009.pdf

      Groups affected/interested

      • Migrants
      • Refugees
      • Muslims
      • Ethnic minorities
      • Religious minorities
      • Asylum seekers

      Type (R/D)

      • Extremism - organised Racist Violence
      • Anti-migrant/xenophobia
      • Anti-semitism
      • Islamophobia
      • Anti-roma/zinghanophobia

      Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

      • Daily life
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    • Deaths/killings

      There is no data available.

      Qualitative Info

      There is no data available.

      Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

      • Policing - law enforcement
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    • Court cases on racist - hate crime

      There are convictions because of incitement to hatred and under the prohibition law.

      Qualitative Info

      In 2010, nine persons were condemned because of Sec. 283 (1) Criminal Code which makes Verhetzung (incitement to hatred) a punishable offence and three persons were discharged. 40 persons were condemned under Sect. 31 ff Prohibition Law (Verbotsgesetz - covering national socialist offences).


      Source: http://www.red-network.eu/resources/toolip/doc/2012/01/04/d_sicherheitsbericht2010-teilbmj.pdf

      Groups affected/interested

      • Migrants
      • Refugees
      • Muslims
      • Ethnic minorities
      • Religious minorities

      Type (R/D)

      • Extremism - organised Racist Violence
      • Anti-semitism
      • Nationalism

      Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

      • Daily life
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  • Discrimination Statistics

    In 2008, the Equal Treatment Bodies received a total of 478 inquiries on grounds of ethnic discrimination. In 2010, the Equal Treatment Commission examined a total of 62 cases concerning discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin. In 2011 the ETC examined 75 cases. During the last five years there were 13 cases against Austria according to article 14 before the European Court of Human Rights.