Indicator in all countries

Is there legislation against racist and hate crime?

• Austria

  Hate Crimes do not form separate criminal offences; however there are legal provisions i.e. in the Criminal code that can be regarded as important national legislation in the field of racist and other hate crimes.

• Bulgaria

  Yes.

• Cyprus

  Yes.

• Denmark

  Yes.

• Finland

  Yes, there is legislation against racist and hate crime.

• France

  Yes

• Germany

  Yes, partly.

• Hungary

  yes

• Ireland

  There is indeed legislation against racism and hate crime in Ireland, an example of this being the 1989 Incitement to Hatred Act. However implementation of this is ineffective as a causal relationship between action and hate speech has to be established.

• Italy

  Yes.

• Poland

  Yes.

• Portugal

  Yes, there is legislation against racist and hate crime

• Romania

  YES

• Slovenia

  Yes, the Criminal Code and the Liability of Legal Persons for Criminal Offences Act incorporate provisions against racist and hate crimes.

• Spain

  No

• Sweden

  Yes