Finland - 2012
Court cases on racist - hate crime
- Code:
- S3
- Key Area:
- Racist violence - Hate Speech Statistics
- Strand(s):
- Statistics
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Data on how many times the courts have applied the provision on aggravating circumstances due to racist motive is not available.
In 2010, the district courts passed a judgement in four cases of ethnic agitation in 2010 (source: Finnish League for Human Rights)
In 2009, there were 1007 suspected hate crime cases reported to the police. The number is 17 per cent higher than in 2008, when 859 cases were identified. In 2009, altogether 85 per cent of the reports were classified as cases of suspected racist crime. Cases of hate crime motivated by the religious background of the victim constituted 8 per cent, hate crime motivated by sexual orientation 3 per cent, and hate crime motivated by disability constituted 3 per cent of all reported cases.
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| 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, Africans/black people, National minorities |
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| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement |
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