Act No. 4 /2000 Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair & Discrimination Act

Document type
Legislation
Country
Establishing civil liability for any person found to disseminate, broadcast, publish or display any content that could reasonably be construed or reasonably be understood to demonstrate a clear intention to unfairly discriminate against any person (section 12); and civil as well as potentially criminal liability (upon discretion of the Director of Public Prosecution) for any person who is found to “publish, propagate, advocate or communicate words based on one or more of the prohibited grounds (i.e., race, gender, disability), against any person, that could reasonably be construed to demonstrate a clear intention to (a) be hurtful; (b) be harmful or to incite harm; or (c) promote or propagate hatred (section 10).
Country
Year
2000
Topic, claim, or defense
Hate Speech
Document type
Legislation
Issuing entity
Legislative Branch
Type of service provider
General or Non-Specified
Type of law
Civil
Criminal