Hate crime legislation in Poland
Criminal Code of Poland (1977, as amended December 2022)
(Unofficial translation, emphasis added)
Excerpts related to Hate crimes
Art. 53 [aggravating circumstances]
§ 2a. Aggravating circumstances include in particular:
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6) committing a crime motivated by hatred due to the victim's national, ethnic, racial, political or religious affiliation or because of his lack of religious denomination;
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Art. 119. [racist or xenophobic violence or threats]
§ 1. Whoever uses violence or makes unlawful threat towards a group of people or a particular person because of their national, ethnic, racial, political or religious affiliation, or because of their lack of religious beliefs, shall be subject to the penalty of the deprivation of liberty for a term of between 3 months and 5 years.
Art. 257. [racist or xenophobic breach of personal inviolability]
§ 1. Whoever publicly insults a group within the population or a particular person because of his national, ethnic, race or religious affiliation or because of his lack of any religious denomination or for these reasons breaches the personal inviolability of another individual shall be subject to the penalty of deprivation of liberty for up to 3 years.
Excerpts related to Hate speech offences
Art. 126a. [public incitement to a specific crime]
Anyone who publicly incites others to commit an act specified in Articles 118, 118a, 119 § 1, or Articles 120-125, or who publicly commends the criminal acts specified in these regulations, is liable to imprisonment from three months to five years.