ECAJ submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024.

The ECAJ has long been advo­cat­ing for stronger laws to hold per­pe­tra­tors of hate speech account­able. While the ECAJ wel­comes attemps to reform hate crimes law, our assess­ment is that this is a mod­est step in the right direc­tion and does not go far enough to effec­tive­ly respond to some of the more scan­dalous forms of hate speech we see today.

We are advo­cat­ing for fur­ther changes to the law to focus on:

• Pro­mot­ing, advo­cat­ing or glo­ri­fy­ing, rather than incit­ing, the use of force or vio­lence against anoth­er per­son, or a group.
• A new Fed­er­al offence of seri­ous vil­i­fi­ca­tion.

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