Cyprus - 2012
In the context of hate crime, is racist motivation treated as an aggravating circumstance?
- Code:
- RED29
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes |
| Qualitative Info |
Law on Combating Certain Forms and Expressions of Racism and Xenophobia by means of Criminal Law N.134(I)/2011 which transposes Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA, article 8, casts an obligation on the Courts to treat racist and xenophobc motivation as an aggravating factor in sentencing. The law only came into force in October 2011 and no cases have yet been presented to Court invoking its provisions. |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Asylum seekers |
| 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 |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Political discourse -parties - orgs, Anti-racism, Daily life |
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