Cyprus - 2012
If there is a legal provision on racist motivation as an aggravating factor, how often is it applied? What kind of sanctions/penalties are issued?
- Code:
- RED30
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
The provision in question has never been applied so far. |
| Qualitative Info |
The law containing the provision that racist motivation is an aggravating factor (Law on Combating Certain Forms and Expressions of Racism and Xenophobia by means of Criminal Law N.134(I)/2011) was enacted in October 2011 and has never been applied so far. Very few cases containing a racial element were ever examined by Cypriot courts, as the prosecution authorities tend to prosecute for offenses unrelated to racism or not to prosecute at all. |
| 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 |
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