Across the Commonwealth LGBT people face violence because of who they are and who they love. Very few Commonwealth countries have legislation to recognise, prevent and punish hate crimes, including those committed on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Legal reform through the provision of hate crime legislation is one tool to address hate-based violence, which impacts everyone in our societies.
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This report is the first in a three-part series of hate crime reports produced by the Human Dignity Trust on behalf of the Equality & Justice Alliance. Published in 2019, the report outlines why governments should enact laws that specifically criminalise anti-LGBT hate crimes. It focuses on the way that the law can help address […]
This report, the second in a three-part series of hate crime reports produced by the Human Dignity Trust, evaluates empirical evidence that shows anti-LGBT hate crimes remain pervasive throughout Commonwealth jurisdictions. Every year, millions of people across the Commonwealth suffer physical, sexual and psychological abuse and violence on account of their real or perceived sexual […]
This report is the third in a series of hate crime reports produced by the Human Dignity Trust. The first, Legislating to Address Hate Crimes Against the LGBT Community in the Commonwealth, was published in 2019 and outlined why governments should enact laws that specifically criminalise anti-LGBT hate crimes. The second, Hate Crimes against the […]
