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Amnesty International Report, Tackling Hate Crime in the UK

  • Submitted by: Christina McKelvie, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2017
  • Motion reference: S5M-06801

That the Parliament welcomes the recent report from Amnesty International, Tackling Hate Crime in the UK, detailing specific case studies of hate crime attacks across the UK and the recommendations posed to each devolved UK parliament on how best to tackle hate crime; notes the recommendations in the report, including speaking out against hateful and discriminatory language, investing in greater community engagement against hate crime and developing training practices to eradicate online hate crime; further notes the specific recommendations directed to the Scottish Government, the Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation and Police Scotland, including the collection and publication of hate crime data, consolidating existing current hate crime data and to extend the categories covered by protected characteristics, and pays tribute to those referred to in the report's case studies for sharing their stories and experiences, helping the evidence-based recommendations from Amnesty to be realised.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Tom Arthur, Graeme Dey, John Finnie, Jenny Gilruth, Clare Haughey, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Rona Mackay, Ben Macpherson, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, John Mason, Joan McAlpine, Ivan McKee, Stewart Stevenson, Maree Todd, David Torrance, Sandra White