Hate Crime

Landmark new legislation will "protect those who are most vulnerable to hate crime and hate speech", justice minister Helen McEntee has told the Immigrant Council of Ireland's annual integration conference. Officially opening the conference at the LinkedIn Community Space in Dublin this morning, Mrs

A rise in the number of hate crimes reported to the PSNI in the past year has been described as "deeply worrying" by human rights campaigners. The PSNI and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) today published hate crime figures covering the period from 1 April 2022 and 31 Marc

Landmark new legislation to combat hate crime and hate speech — with a new provision designed to explicitly protect freedom of expression — has been published. The Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences Bill 2022 published today includes a number of key changes since the gene

Landmark new hate crime legislation will not now require proof of a defendant's motivation for committing an offence, the justice minister has announced. Helen McEntee said the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Crime) Bill 2022 would now include an objective "demonstration

A public consultation launched today is seeking views on the model and scope of proposed hate crime legislation to be brought forward in the next Northern Ireland Assembly mandate. A major judge-led review recommended in 2020 that Northern Ireland should adopt a statutory aggravation model of hate c

New hate crime legislation is being drawn up without sufficient consultation with key affected groups, the Coalition Against Hate Crime has said. The coalition, which is led by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), has raised concerns over just one session of the Oireachtas justice committee

A suite of hate crime guides for use in the workplace have been published by Northern Ireland's Department of Justice after being developed in collaboration with the Labour Relations Agency. The three separate guides offer practical support in circumstances where a member of staff becomes a victim o