Category: Hate crime • Page 2
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‘Hate incidents’ and freedom of expression (updated 10 April 2022)
Note added 10 April 2022 This blog provides a detailed discussion of police recording practices in Scotland in relation to ‘non-crime hate incidents’. It was originally published on 29...
29th January 2022
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MBM submission to the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group (August 2021)
This submission can also be downloaded here Introduction During the passage of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, we wrote extensively on the proposed legislation and...
6th August 2021
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The exclusion of sex and extension of stirring up hatred (Stage 1 debate briefing) (December 2020)
This briefing can also be accessed here Introduction This briefing was prepared for the Stage 1 debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. The briefing focuses...
30th May 2021
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Supplementary evidence on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: the meaning of transphobia (November 2020)
This blog can be accessed as a briefing here Background On 29 November 2020 we submitted supplementary evidence to the Justice Committee in the light of (a) an open...
30th May 2021
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The ‘ordinary meaning’ of words: a reassurance that does not reassure (November 2020)
This blog may be downloaded as a briefing here 1. Background Discussing the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at the Justice Committee on 24 November, the Cabinet Secretary...
30th May 2021
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Stage 1 questions for the Cabinet Secretary for Justice (October 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing here Background The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee began consideration of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 on...
30th May 2021
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The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: views from Scottish policing
Note: This blog was first published in September 2020 Introduction In April 2020 the Scottish Government published the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. The Bill aims to consolidate...
30th May 2021
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MBM submission to the Justice Committee: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (July 2020)
The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill is intended to provide for the modernising, consolidating and extending of hate crime legislation in Scotland. Since publication in April 2020, the draft Bill...
30th May 2021
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Evidence to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (24 August 2020)
Submission by MurrayBlackburnMackenzie Introduction We welcome the opportunity to submit evidence to the Committee and apologise for not having identified the need to do so sooner. The annex provides...
30th May 2021
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MBM statement on the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill (March 2021)
Today MSPs are likely to pass into law one of the most contentious pieces of legislation considered in the lifetime of the Scottish Parliament. Last May, we wrote of...
10th March 2021