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Hate crime legislation independent review: consultation (easy-read)

Easy-read version of consultation to inform the independent review of hate crime legislation in Scotland, chaired by Lord Bracadale.

Lord Bracadale

This is an independent review by Lord Bracadale.

Lord Bracadale is a retired judge who has been asked to look at hate crime law and see if it needs to change.

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The law on hate crime is to protect people who become the victim because of their:

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1. Race (the country they or their family come from)

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2. Religion

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3. Disability

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4. Sexual orientation (a person's sexual preference or identity as bisexual, heterosexual, or homosexual)

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5. Transgender identity (being born a man and living as a woman or born a woman and living as a man)

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The next part of this paper is about what we want to find out.

Email: Independent review of hate crime legislation - secretariat, secretariat@hatecrimelegislationreview.scot

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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