Hate crimes in the Republic of Macedonia in 2014

This report is the outcome of the “Advancing National Infrastructure against Hate Crimes and Hate Speech” project which was financially supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, and was conducted in the period from 1 January to 31 December 2014. The Project’s overall goal is to increase the understanding and strengthen the capacity of the institutional and civil society stakeholders to effectively deal with hate crime and hate speech in accordance with the domestic legislation, OSCE commitments and the International standards. One of the main aims of the project is to increase the capacity of legal practitioners and civil society to process and report occurrences of hate crimes in the country. This report is envisaged to serve as an indicator of the scope, nature and frequency of hate crimes perpetrated in the country.