Vatican City State Law No. VIII, on Complementary Rules in Criminal Law Matters (2013) (excerpts related to Hate Crimes Law) (English)
Vatican City State Law No. VIII, on Complementary Rules in Criminal Law Matters
(excerpts)
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Article 1: Racial discrimination
- For the purposes of this article, “radical discrimination” means any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin wich has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.
- Whoever commits one of the following acts:
- disseminates ideas based on racial superiority or hatred;
- incites acts of racial discrimination;
- executes or incites others to commit, for racial or ethnic reasons, acts of violence against any race or group of persons of a different color or ethnic origin;
- provides any form of support to activities directed toward racial discrimination, including by financing them;
is punished with five to ten years imprisonment.
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