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Information Exchange on Participating States’ Policy and/or National Practices and Procedures for the Export of Conventional Arms and Related Technology

1078th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1078th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1078th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1078th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

1078th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

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.