NI hate crime: Province urged to avoid mistakes of Scottish Bill
The Christian Institute, LGBT rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and Amnesty International have all urged Northern Ireland to avoid Scotland’s example as the province prepares to conclude its long-running review into hate crime legislation.
A public consultation on the issue closed in April and retired judge Desmond Marrinan is due give his report to the Department of Justice later this month. However, new legislation is not expected before May 2022.
Speaking to the NewsLetter, Tatchell said the NI review had to “learn from the mistakes” of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill....