Indicator history

It appears that some racially motivated offences go unpunished, and such problems in Poland as hate crime and xenophobia happen to be denied. The racially motivated acts are not treated seriously and are often neglected. Most of the proceedings concern the acts of battery in connection with verbal insults of a person of different origins or expressing the fascist symbols in connection with destroying one's property. Prosecutors and judges often conduct the proceedings which aim to punish the perpetrator for typical hooligan behaviours and ignore the racial undertone in the cases which are more difficult in investigating, and require more effort. Besides, the judiciary seems not to acknowledge the harmfulness of the racially motivated acts. Until recently, most of these cases have been discontinued due to insignificant social noxiousness of an act. There are also considerable discrepancies in jurisdiction – comparable behaviours are differently classified.