The protection from religious discrimination according to 194 article of Penal Code passed in 1997 Cover Image

Ochrona przed dyskryminacją religijną w art. 194 Kodeksu karnego z 1997 roku
The protection from religious discrimination according to 194 article of Penal Code passed in 1997

Author(s): Magdalena Maternak
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Instytut Teologiczno-Pastoralny im. św. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara w Rzeszowie

Summary/Abstract: This article presents analysis of crime from article 194 Penal Code which is crime of religious discrimination. The matter of this crime consists in restriction of rights entitled to man considering his religion or not. Crime in the individual dimension protects freedom in the means of religious confessions and beliefs, along with freedom of manifesting it. The article 194 protects constitutional rule of equality and objects to discrimination considering outlook and religious beliefs. Placing this crime in the penal code shows drawbacks of mixing laws taking to consideratrion religious differences, what is more, it calls for the protection from discriminatory behavior.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 285-292
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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