Greece - 2012
Is there a legislation penalising, or prohibiting the establishment of, organisations which promote, incite, propagate or organize racial discrimination against an individual or group of individuals? Is membership of such organisations treated as an offence under the law?
- Code:
- RED24
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes |
| Qualitative Info |
Establishing or participating in organisations that aim at organising propaganda or activities of any form whatsoever, leading to racial discrimination ise penalised according Law 927/1979. The Law 927/1979, stipulates in its art.1 that: "1.Whoever publicly, either orally or through the press or through written texts or illustrations or all other means, encourages acts or activities that can provoke discriminations, hatred or violence against persons or groups of persons solely because of his racial or ethnic origin or his religion, is punished with two.
In the new law draft which abolishes law n.927/1979 and amends the law framework combating racism and hate speech - approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on 12 october 2011 and introduced in the Parliament in early 2012 - the scope of antiracist legislation covers race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, and sexual orientation (Art. 3.1). However, unlike the law n.927/1979 the law draft under palriament discussion does not punish propaganda, promotion and incitement to racial discrimination as such, but only when such actions incite or lead to violence or hatred against groups of individuals or an individual, defined on the basis of race, skin color, religion, genetic descent, ethnic or national origin or sexual orientation.
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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 |
| 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 |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Media, Internet, Political discourse -parties - orgs, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Daily life |
| External Url | http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/c8827c35-4399-4fbb-8ea6-aebdc768f4f7/snrats.pdf |
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