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Is there a legal definition of racist-hate crime?

Code:
RED21
Key Area:
Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
Strand(s):
Racism
11/01/2012 - 20:05
Short Answer

No, there is no general definition of racist-hate crime, but the Criminal Code does include several provisions concerning racist-hate crime.

Qualitative Info

No, there is no general definition of racist-hate crime, but the Criminal Code does include several provisions concerning racist-hate crime: Article 131 of the Criminal Code (Violation of Right to Equality), Article 297 (Public Incitement to Hatred, Violence or Intolerance), Article 197 (Workplace Mobbing), Article 100 (Genocide), Article 101 (Crimes against Humanity), Article 102 (War Crimes).


Source: http://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/Home/deloDZ/zakonodaja/izbranZakonAkt?uid=C12563A400338836C1257435005A1F1C&db=spr_zak&mandat=VI; http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/pdf/en/si/si045en.pdf

Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of disability, On grounds of other belief
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Employment - labour market, Media, Internet, Political discourse -parties - orgs, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Daily life, Religion
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