Slovenia - 2011
Is there a legal definition of hate speech?
- Code:
- RED22
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
Short Answer |
Yes, in Article 297 of the Criminal Code. |
Qualitative Info |
The definition of hate speech is established in Article 297 of the Criminal Code (Public Incitement to Hatred, Violence or Intolerance) stating that one who publicly provokes or stirs up ethnic, racial, religious or other hatred, strife or intolerance, or provokes any other inequality on the basis of physical or mental deficiencies or sexual orientation, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to two years. |
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 | Media, Internet, Political discourse -parties - orgs, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Daily life, Religion |
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