Answer to Question #206124 in Law for Gee

Question #206124

How does the criminal justice system deal with vulnerable groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community amongst others when they are victims of hate crimes? 


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2021-06-15T01:21:02-0400

The criminal justice treats the vulnerable groups when they are victims of hate crime base on the constitutional provisions that “The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, color, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.” According to the National Task Team, the national intervention strategy to address gender and sexual orientation based violence against LGBTI persons, especially in the criminal justice system. As such, the criminal justice uses intersectional approach which could include, but is not limited to addressing unfair discrimination on the basis of gender; sex, sexual orientation; race, ethnicity or social origin, colour, age, disability, culture, language; age, conscience, belief and other related grounds enlisted in section 9 (3) of the Constitution.


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