Tag: Hate Crime briefing
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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 (October 2020)
This briefing looks at some of the issues raised in the submissions from Police Scotland, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) and the Scottish Police Federation, namely those organisations who will be tasked...
30th May 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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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