Spain, Ministry of Interior (Ministerio del Interior) (2017), 2016 Report on the evolution of the incidents related to hate crimes (Informe 2016 sobre la Evolución de Los Incidentes Relacionados con los Delitos de Odio en España), Madrid, Ministry of I

Country

Spain

Title

Spain, Ministry of Interior (Ministerio del Interior) (2017), 2016 Report on the evolution of the incidents related to hate crimes (Informe 2016 sobre la Evolución de Los Incidentes Relacionados con los
Delitos de Odio en España), Madrid, Ministry of Interior

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Year

2017

Type of publication

Survey - quantitative research
Study - qualitative research

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Public authority

Institution

Spain, Ministry of Interior | Ministerio del Interior

Main Thematic Focus

Hate crime

Target Population

Ethnic minorities People of African descent & Black Europeans Muslims Migrants LGBTI

Key findings

Annual official report on hate crimes in Spain that mainly published the last developments and data registered.

In 2016 in Spain a total of 1.272 crimes of hatred, 4.2% less than in 2015.
Break-down: anti-Semitism (7), Aporofobia (10), beliefs or religious practices (47), disability (262), orientation or gender identity (230), racism and xenophobia (416), ideology (259) and discrimination based on sex (41).
Grounds of discrimination in relation to 2015:
- A strongest downward trend on: anti-Semitism (- 22.2%), the Aporofobia (- 41.2%), beliefs or religious practices (- 32.9%), racism and xenophobia (- 17.6%), and the ideological reason (- 15.9%).
- An increase on: disability (15.9%), orientation or gender identity (36.1%), and discrimination by sex (70.8%).

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

Quantitative and Desk research.

Sample details and representativeness

In this last annual report, the Ministry of the Interior introduced for the first time within the general crimes the motivation by ideological reasons and of sex or gender, which alone represent 332 cases (and 25% of the total).

According to the definition contained in the report, «ideology» includes «a set of acts committed against persons or groups, motivated by the fundamental ideas shared by a sector of society, that they have on aspects related to politics, science, economics, culture and morals».

Another issue to highlight is related to the hate speech. The report says that when making a statistical count, it was been taken into account any fact that may have been committed through Internet, telephony / communications, Informatics…

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