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The Act, which was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 3 June 2009, creates new statutory offences to protect victims who are targeted because of their disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity.

This is a case summary of the the Belgian Correctional Tribunal in Brussels' decision in the case of Arrêt of 16 March 2006.

This is a case summary of the Belgian Court of Appeal's decision in the case of Rachid N.

This is a case summary of the Belgian Correctional Tribunal in Brussels' decision in the case of Procès du Youssef S and Mourad J.

This is a case summary of the Belgian Correctional Tribunal decision in the case of Procès du Père Samuel.

Part A of this document outlines provisions of the Constitution of Belgium that address discrimination on the basis of race and national origin (in French, Dutch, German and English versions of the Constitution). Part B provides links to the text of the Constitution in each of its four versions.

We are grateful to DLA Piper for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is extremely relevant to disseminating information on equality and anti-discrimination laws.

This document calls on member states to enact or strengthen laws that penalise discrimination and incitement to hatred based on "race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status", consider establishing training programmes for police and judicial officials on hate crimes, collect statistics on hate crimes and report them to the ODIHR, promote intercultural dialogue between different groups and so on.

This is the ERT case summary of the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination decision of L. K. v The Netherlands, Communication No. 4/1991, U.N. Doc. A/48/18 at 131 (1993).