When analysing the context, you will need to understand the socio-cultural environment in which the hate speech was used. This relates to how vulnerable the target of the hate speech is from a social, cultural or political perspective.

 Criteria to be considered 

Determining whether the group targeted by the expression is a potentially vulnerable group

This is a Yes/No evaluation that you can make by looking into whether the group represents a minority from an ethnical / racial / religious / sexual / gender / social status / other criteria. If group identities are overlapping (e.g. the target is a Roma business owner), you should choose “Yes” if the person was attacked on grounds of being Roma and “No” if the person was attacked for being a large business owner.

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Type of acts of violence / discrimination carried out in recent years against the group targeted by the expression

The answer options we are proposing, in order of severity, are: “Verbal violence”, “Psychological violence”, “Generalised discrimination by fellow citizens”, “Institutionalised discrimination” “Property destruction”, “Generalised and institutionalized restrictions of human or civil rights”, “physical violence”, “murder motivated by hatred”. You should choose the answer based on the most severe situations in which members of the targeted group have found themselves in recent years.

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