Furthermore, the development of hate crime discourse in the UK has been heavily influenced by research within the subfield of victimology which established that crimes motivated by a victim's particular identity often have severe psychological consequences for their feeling of self-worth and sense of...
There are fears innocent people could end up on police databases with controversial new hate crime laws in Scotland being weaponised to "settle scores". Legislation is being introduced on 1 April criminalising threatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred based on ...
The rules were developed following Lord Bracadale's independent review of hate crime legislation which concluded that new specific offences relating to stirring up hatred were needed. The legislation was passed by a majority of MSPs in the Scottish parliament in 2021. The offence c...
Adoption of the recommendation would see Northern Ireland align closely with the Scottish model of hate crime law but also become the first of any of the UK jurisdictions to include gender under hate crime legislation. Justice Minister Naomi Long has asked for time to give the “complex and wid...
A chara, – The much anticipated, and much criticised, hate crime legislation will be debated next week in Seanad Éireann. The Government, Pat Leahy reports, “will seek to push through all remaining stages of the contentious legislation” (“Showdown on gender definition in hate crime Bill...
Now, theLaw Commission, an independent body designed to review the law and make recommendations to the government, is proposing changes to hate crime legislation. Unfortunately, if enacted, these changes will go even further in curtailing free speech. ...
The Offences Aggravated by Prejudice (Scotland) bill, was passed in June 2009 and will bring Scotland into line with the rest of hate crime legislation in Britain. The bill includes homophobic and transphobici hate crime. www.equalityhumanrights.com The Association of Chief Police Officers (A...
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The aims and objectives of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation are to create a lasting legacy to Sophie, to provide educational group-works that will challenge the prejudice and intolerance towards people from alternative subcultures and to campaign to have UK hate crime legislation extended to include pe...
The prime minister said the Conservatives will "always protect" free speech after the Harry Potter author dared police to arrest her if what she had said qualified as an offence under the new legislations.