Category: Criminal Justice • Page 10
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Hate Crime and Public Order Bill: Stage 2 Briefing. The need for tailored freedom of expression protection for transgender identity (January 2021)
Briefing on the need for tailored freedom of expression protection for transgender identity
31st January 2021
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Protecting Freedom of Expression: When less is less (January 2021)
The Justice Committee will start to consider potential amendments to Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday 2 February. How many more sittings there are will depend...
27th January 2021
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The inclusion of ‘cross-dressers’ under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (January 2021)
During the Stage 1 oral evidence sessions on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, the definition of ‘transgender identity’ was discussed. This briefing traces how ‘cross-dressers’ came...
15th January 2021
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MBM submission to Law Commission on hate crime laws in England and Wales (January 2021)
This submission can also be downloaded as a briefing note. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Commission’s consultation on hate crime legislation in England and Wales. Our...
8th January 2021
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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