Current Version
| Region | Portugal |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Excerpts related to Hate crime Article 132 – Aggravated Murder 1. When death is produced under circumstances that reveal a special reprehensibility or perversity, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from 12 to 25 years. 2. The following circumstances reveal the special reprehensibility or perversity that is referred to in the previous paragraph, namely, the circumstance that the agent: (...) (f) is determined by racial, religious, political hatred or based on the victim’s colour, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity; (...) |
| Sources | https://hatecrime.osce.org/hate-crime-legislation-portugal |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Excerpts related to Hate crime Article 132 – Aggravated Murder 1. When death is produced under circumstances that reveal a special reprehensibility or perversity, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from 12 to 25 years. 2. The following circumstances reveal the special reprehensibility or perversity that is referred to in the previous paragraph, namely, the circumstance that the agent: (...) (f) is determined by racial, religious, political hatred or based on the victim’s colour, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity; (...) |
| Sources | https://hatecrime.osce.org/hate-crime-legislation-portugal |