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Is there legislation against racist and hate crime?

Code:
RED20
Key Area:
Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
Strand(s):
Racism
16/02/2012 - 14:55
Short Answer

Yes, there is legislation against racist and hate crime.

Qualitative Info

The Criminal Code contains a provision prohibiting incitement to hatred (Section 11:10) and aggravated incitement to hatred (Section 11:10a) on the grounds of race, colour of skin, origin, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation and disability.  

 

Furthermore, the Criminal Code contains a provision for increasing the punishment (Section 6:5). The ground for increasing the punishment is that the offence is motivated by the victim's race, colour of skin, origin, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation and disability or other comparable motive.

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
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, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Anti-racism
External Url http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1889/en18890039.pdf
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