Category: Hate crime • Page 4
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Protecting Speech that Offends: Theory and Practice (December 2020)
This blog considers the implications of the Scottow judgement and other recent court cases in England for the Hate Crime Bill.
18th December 2020
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Briefing for Stage 1 debate: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (December 2020)
We have prepared a briefing for MSPs ahead of the Stage 1 debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill which will take place on Tuesday 15...
14th December 2020
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Legislating for hatred against women: the view from the coalface (December 2020)
This blog may be accessed as a briefing here The omission of ‘sex’ as a protected characteristic is a key area of contention in the proposed Hate Crime and...
4th December 2020
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Supplementary evidence on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (November 2020)
We have submitted supplementary evidence to the Justice Committee in the light of (a) an open letter currently circulating which has been signed by a number of parliamentarians and...
29th November 2020
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Options for securing consensus on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (September 2020)
This blog may be downloaded as a briefing hereA more detailed briefing note on these proposals can be accessed here It has been hard to miss the reaction to...
23rd September 2020
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The Scottish Parliament’s bill process and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
This is a post setting out how the Scottish Parliament handles government bills, and what that means for the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. A Bill is...
30th August 2020
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The limits of precedent and the special case of racial hatred
This blog is available as a briefing here In response to a recent parliamentary question by Labour MSP James Kelly on the proposed stirring up hatred offences in the...
28th August 2020
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Should ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ be included in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill? (August 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill provides for ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ (VSCs) as a standalone protected characteristic....
22nd August 2020
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Defining transgender identity in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill and beyond (updated December 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here This blog looks at how the characteristic ‘transgender identity’ is defined in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill,...
17th August 2020