Edited by Mark Walters Tottenham Hotspur supporters have long chanted ‘Yid’, a “derogatory epithet” for a Jewish person, as a self-designator and battle-cry for their team. Simmering controversy on whether they should do this recently boiled over when the Football Association (FA) stated Yid was “offensive”, banned the chanting of it and emphasised it can result…
Author: Ali Khan, edited by Mark Walters The Counsellors and Psychotherapists (Regulation) Bill 2013-14 aims to introduce a Code of ethics for registered counsellors, therapists and psychotherapists which if passed will include a prohibition on gay to straight conversion therapy. Conversion therapy (CT), aka ‘Reparative Therapy’ is a process whereby “psychotherapists” attempt to change someone’s…
Doreen Lawrence, mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, recently said: I don’t know whether they believe that it’s been accomplished, that racism has been eradicated, but the reality is that it hasn’t. What’s happened is that racism still exists but it is not so overt, that doesn’t mean it is not still there and…
In recent weeks in the UK, the ex-Home Secretary and current Member of Parliament, David Blunkett, has voiced his concerns regarding the integration of Roma communities in to his constituency in northern England. He has even insinuated that riots may ensue due to the community tensions that he suggests have been enflamed by the failure…
It seems that a hate crime is now not defined by the perception of the victim, his or her family or communities, as it should be in law. No matter how many times a victim has reported each and every time they are harassed, abused and attacked due to race and disability, or being perceived…
The recent Law Commission Consultation Paper Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences (outlined in the our last blog) is the first large scale review of hate crime law in England and Wales. The Commission is now currently scrutinizing the large number of responses it has received before it provides its final report…
In June of this year, the Law Commission (the law reform body for England and Wales) published a consultation paper entitled ‘Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences’. The current ‘hate crime’ legislation in England and Wales consists of the following: a) the aggravated offences under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 whereby…
Three reasons why I don’t like the term mate crime. What is the difference between hate crime and mate crime? I am confused, and I don’t think that I am the only one. I am a ‘self advocate’ from People First Havering and I have worked on the issue of disability hate crime since 2001….
The scope of hate crime legislation with respect to victim categories is a perennial one for scholars. Indeed, the question as to whether hate crimes legislation should be introduced at all is a live one in an Irish context. The recent EU Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of…
It’s that time of year when Statistics Canada releases it’s annual report on police reported hate crime in Canada. The July 10, 2013 release of 2011 data was only the 6th such accounting. That in itself says something about our lack of maturity in confronting hate crime. The capacity to document a problem is the…
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