Germany, Federal Mnistry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz), Survey of the State Justice Administrations on Proceedings for Right-Wing Extremist/Foreign Enemy Crimes in the Federal Republic of Germany, 21 April 2021
Country
Germany
Title
in the Federal Republic of Germany, 21 April 2021 (Erhebung der Landesjustizverwaltungen über Verfahren wegen rechtsextremistischer/ fremdenfeindlicher Straftaten
in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Racism & xenophobia Discrimination
Target Population
Ethnic minorities Muslims Migrants People of African descent & Black Europeans
Key findings
The statistics show how many preliminary proceedings were initiated in 2019 due to xenophobic motivation of the perpetrator with regard to certain types of offenses. For example, 2,097 preliminary proceedings were initiated for Section 130 of the Criminal Code (sedition) and Section 130a of the Criminal Code (incitement to commit criminal acts). There were 5 preliminary proceedings on xenophobic homicides and 328 preliminary proceedings on violent crimes (page 3 of the statistics). A total of 5,208 preliminary proceedings were initiated against perpetrators with xenophobic motivation. Of these, 2,795 cases were dropped, there were 981 convictions and 51 acquittals (page 10 of the statistics).
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
The 16 federal states maintain judicial statistics. These statistics have been merged by the Federal Office of Justice into nationwide statistics and passed on to the Federal Ministry of Justice. Survey period January 1st, 2019 to December 31st, 2019.
Sample details and representativeness
Not applicable