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It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

The Commentary on the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Commentary) is a successful pioneering attempt to bring closer the contents of the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (LPPD) by analytically deconstructing the scope of its articles, for which the authors have provided support from the relevant equality and non-discrimination literature, practice and case law of domestic and international courts and bodies. The Commentary was developed in the period 2021-2024 as joint effort of five experts from judiciary, academia and legal practitioners. The preparatory work was initiated in 2019, but as the new Law on Prevention and Protection of Discrimination (LPPD) was adopted in October 2020, the work on the new text commenced in 2021. The clear expression of the language and the exceptional level of elaborating the subject-matter make the Commentary potentially useful for different professional backgrounds and different levels of understanding of the subject-matter. One of the qualities of this Commentary is that it not only dwells on the theoretical and practical side of the LPPD, but it also holds a normative component. Namely, the authors have successfully considered the Law’s shortcomings, too, and made proposals for its improvement, thereby using their own critical and analytical quill and other existing literature and data from relevant institutions. As a specific legal publication, the Commentary targets judges, lawyers and other legal professionals working on cases of discrimination as well as independent institutions, such as the Commission for Prevention and Protection from Discrimination and the Ombudsperson Institution, as well as civil society and international organizations active in this area.

It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

This Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in response to a request from the Chair of the Committee on Human Rights and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus.

It is important to know what a hate crime is. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

It is important to know what a hate crime is. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security