hate crimes

New York State’s Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) adds "gender identity or expression" as a protected characteristic under New York’s civil rights laws. The statute defines gender identity or expression as a person’s actual or perceived gender-related identity, appearance, or behavior, regardless of their sex assigned at birth. The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in employment, housing, education, public accommodations, and credit decisions.

Provides pro bono legal assistance for LGBT+ community members who have suffered from discrimination or hate crimes. English site available here. 

Ši organizacija teikia pro bono teisinę pagalbą LGBTIQ bendruomenės nariams, nukentėjusiems nuo diskriminacijos ar neapykantos nusikaltimų.

The purpose of this platform, financed by the European Union and created by non-governmental organizations, is to report hate crimes based on age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, religion, belief, or opinion.

The Seychelles Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2024 introduces new protections against hate crimes and hate speech by incorporating “protected characteristics” into the Penal Code. Section 5 now defines protected characteristics to include race, religion or lack of belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, political affiliation, and HIV/AIDS status.

The report features quantitative and qualitative indicators of crimes committed in Ukraine in 2022 on the grounds of homophobia and transphobia taking into account the ongoing war. A total of 77 cases were documented, of which 31 cases were war crimes committed by the Russian occupiers and 2 cases happened to Ukrainian LGBTIQ refugees abroad.

The ex-husband (the defendant) systematically committed domestic violence against the complainant – his ex-wife: beating her, threatening to kill her and the children and to burn down the building where she was living with the children). For his illegal behavior (systematic domestic violence), he was jailed for four months (this type of punishment involves keeping a person in isolation for 1-6 months).