Current Version
| Region | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Aug 6, 2012 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 130(2)(d) of the Penal Code (2012) aggravates the crime of homicide when motivated by hatred towards the sexual orientation of the victim. Article 130. Aggravated Homicide. 1. If the death is caused under circumstances that reveal special reprehensibility or perversity on the part of the perpetrator, the penalty is imprisonment for 14 to 20 years. 2. The special reprehensibility or perversity referred to in the previous paragraph may be revealed, among others, by the circumstance that the perpetrator: (...) d) Is determined by racial, religious, or political hatred, or generated by the color, ethnic or national origin, sex, or sexual orientation of the victim. |
| Sources | Penal Code https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/95154/STP95154.pdf https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/113412/L%2015%2021.pdf |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Aug 6, 2012 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 130(2)(d) of the Penal Code (2012) aggravates the crime of homicide when motivated by hatred towards the sexual orientation of the victim. Article 130. Aggravated Homicide. 1. If the death is caused under circumstances that reveal special reprehensibility or perversity on the part of the perpetrator, the penalty is imprisonment for 14 to 20 years. 2. The special reprehensibility or perversity referred to in the previous paragraph may be revealed, among others, by the circumstance that the perpetrator: (...) d) Is determined by racial, religious, or political hatred, or generated by the color, ethnic or national origin, sex, or sexual orientation of the victim. |
| Sources | Penal Code https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/95154/STP95154.pdf https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/113412/L%2015%2021.pdf |