Indicator history

The articles listed in the table incriminate the following offences: propagating or abetting to racial, national or ethnic hostility or hatred or to racial discrimination through speech, print or other mass media, through electronic information systems or in any other way; using violence against another or damaging another’s property because of the victim’s nationality, race, religion, or political convictions; forming, leading or being a member of an organisation or group which has set itself the objective of committing such acts (Article 162); participating (including as abettors and leaders) in a crowd rallied to attack groups of the population, individual citizens or their property in connection with their national, ethnic or racial affiliation with heavier penalties for cases where the crowd or some of the participants were armed or where an assault had been made which had resulted in severe bodily injury or death (Article 163).

Source: Supreme Prosecution Office of Cassation based on data provided by the regional prosecution offices