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Hate Speech Laws In Denmark
Hate speech in Denmark is outlawed by § 266b of the penal code, colloquially called the racism paragraph (''racismeparagraffen''), which outlaws threats, mockery and degradation against groups defined by race, skin colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. The law was originally introduced in 1939, prompted by the antisemitism of 1930s Germany, which had spread to Denmark. The number of charges and convictions under the hate speech law has increased during the 2010s. While there were 24 charges in 2010, the number had doubled to 48 in 2019. The number of convictions rose from 1 to 12 in the same period. Wording The racism paragraph appears in chapter 27 (violations of peace and honour) of the penal code: A corresponding paragraph exists in the Greenlandic penal code as § 100. Background The first version of the law stems from 1939, where its purpose was to protect the Danish Jews.: The wording was changed in 1971, by the incorporation of the UN con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Penal Code
The Danish Penal Code, also known as the Danish Criminal Code ( da, Straffeloven),Retsinformation.dStraffeloven./ref> is the codification of and the foundation of criminal law in Denmark. The updated official full text covers 29 chapters and is also available online (in Danish). The Penal Code contains "the most serious and most of the most well-known crimes" while more specialized crimes can be found in subject-specific laws such as the Traffic Act or the Weapons Act. However, serious violations of the rules in subject-specific laws might be independently criminalized in the Penal Code. Certain low-level nuisance crimes are listed in the Public Order Decree. The Penal Code consists of two parts. The first, consisting of chapters 1–11 (§§ 1–97 c) contains what is generally known as the general part of the criminal law, i.e. the conditions for criminal responsibility, possible punishments and guidelines for metering them out and other rules common to all crimes. The second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |