Romania - 2012
Are there legal definitions of racist incident and racist violence?
- Code:
- RED23
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
NO, just the aggravating circumstance that applies for any criminal offence, including when the motive was racial hatred or racial discrimination.
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| Qualitative Info |
Art.75 point c1 of the Penal Code prescribes the aggravating circumstance for any crime when it is motivated by hate: "committing a criminal offence on the ground of race, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, sexual orientation, opinion, political belonging, belief, wealth, social origin, age, disability, uncontagious cronic disease, HIV/AIDS infection." |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Inter-ethnic, Nationalism |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism |
| External Url | http://www.anp-just.ro/interna/Codul%20Penal.pdf |
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