Indicator history

Certain data on racial discrimination is collected by the Monitoring Team on Racism and Xenophobia in the Ministry of Interior, which gathers information on events of racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic nature. However, the collecting is not done in a systematic and structured way, so there is not overall data. Besides, the data is not used as a means of monitoring and reviewing policies and practices to combat racial discrimination, and promote racial equality. The Ministry of Justice collects general statistics on all criminal acts processed in the judicial system – it also has access to the statistics on hate crimes, crimes against freedom of conscience and creed, the complaints about acts of discrimination, and the general statistics on discrimination in the workplace (it is not possible to indicate within this data cases of discrimination on the grounds of race exclusively). The Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office have their own data. What is problematic about these systems is the fact that they are not coherent and connected with each other.

Certain data on racial discrimination is collected by the Monitoring Team on Racism and Xenophobia in the Ministry of Interior, which gathers information on events of racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic nature. However, the collecting is not done in a systematic and structured way, so there is not overall data. Besides, the data is not used as a means of monitoring and reviewing policies and practices to combat racial discrimination, and promote racial equality. The Ministry of Justice collects general statistics on all criminal acts processed in the judicial system – it also has access to the statistics on hate crimes, crimes against freedom of conscience and creed, the complaints about acts of discrimination, and the general statistics on discrimination in the workplace (it is not possible to indicate within this data cases of discrimination on the grounds of race exclusively). The Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office have their own data. What is problematic about these systems is the fact that they are not coherent and connected with each other.

In connection with the division of the Ministry of Interior and Administration into two units – the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Administration and Digitization – and the fact of taking over other competences by the Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia from 23 December, 2011, the body functions as Human Rights Committee. The scope of competences of the new body includes, among others, monitoring cases concerning hate crimes and taking action against such phenomena.