Current Version
| Region | Cyprus |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 35A The Court, in the context of the exercise of its powers when imposing the penalty, may take into account as an aggravating factor the motivation of prejudice against a group of persons or a member of such a group of persons on the basis of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion or other belief, descent, sexual orientation or gender identity. Article 99A Any person who intentionally, publicly and in a manner of a threatening or abusive or offensive urges or incites, orally or through the press or with written texts or illustrations or in any other way, violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of a group of persons determined on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, is guilty of an offense. |
| Sources | https://hatecrime.osce.org/hate-crime-legislation-cyprus |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
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| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 35A The Court, in the context of the exercise of its powers when imposing the penalty, may take into account as an aggravating factor the motivation of prejudice against a group of persons or a member of such a group of persons on the basis of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion or other belief, descent, sexual orientation or gender identity. Article 99A Any person who intentionally, publicly and in a manner of a threatening or abusive or offensive urges or incites, orally or through the press or with written texts or illustrations or in any other way, violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of a group of persons determined on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, is guilty of an offense. |
| Sources | https://hatecrime.osce.org/hate-crime-legislation-cyprus |