Factsheet
FACTSHEET: Ethnoreligious hate crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH): implications for hate crime recording
Crimes involving the targeting of victims’ ethnic identity account for substantial proportions of hate crimes recorded by authorities internationally. Hate crimes involving religious bias are usually much fewer in number. However, there is a close association in Bosnia and Herzegovina between persons’ ethnic origins and their religious background.
Accordingly, to be sensitive to the particular context of potential hate crime bia motivations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 2023 BiH Hate Crime Underreporting Survey asked all respondents who indicated that they had experienced a potential crime: “Do you think it happened partly or completely because of your ethnic or religious background?”
This factsheet condenses the survey findings on these measures. A set of recommendations is made for criminal justice institutions and nongovernmental organizations as a result of the findings.
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- OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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