Finland - 2012
Is the judiciary reported to be adequately and effectively combating racist violence/hate crime?
- Code:
- RED28
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
No, there are reasons to regard the judiciary as not combating racist violence adequately and effectively. |
| Qualitative Info |
The provision on increasing the sentence is seldomly applied in the courts. This is the main finding of the evaluation on how suspected crimes with racist characteristics proceed in the criminal justice process in Helsinki area carried out by the Police College of Finland. It discloses that out of the 192 suspected crimes with racist characteristics reported to the police in 2006, altogether 115 proceed to the public prosecutor for consideration of charges. The prosecutor brought charges in 72 offences and the courts passed a judgement in 57 offences. The courts did not apply the provision on increasing the sentence at all |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, 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, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-racism |
| External Url | http://www.poliisiammattikorkeakoulu.fi/poliisi/poliisioppilaitos/home.nsf/files/Raportteja73_Peutere_eng_suojattu/$file/Raportteja73_Peutere_eng_suojattu.pdf |
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