Editing Hate crime (section)

====Finland====
[[Finland|Finnish]] [[Criminal Code of Finland|Criminal Code]] 515/2003 (enacted 31 January 2003) makes "committing a crime against a person, because of his national, racial, ethnical or equivalent group" an aggravating circumstance in sentencing.<ref name="human" /><ref>EUMC, "Racism and xenophobia in the E.U.," p. 51.</ref> In addition, ethnic agitation ({{langx|fi|kiihotus kansanryhmää vastaan}}) is criminalized and carries a fine or a prison sentence of not more than two years. The prosecution need not prove that an actual danger to an ethnic group is caused but only that malicious message is conveyed. A more aggravated hate crime, warmongering ({{langx|fi|sotaan yllyttäminen}}), carries a prison sentence of one to ten years. However, in case of warmongering, the prosecution must prove an [[overt act]] that evidently increases the risk that Finland is involved in a war or becomes a target for a military operation. The act in question may consist of
# illegal violence directed against a foreign country or its citizens,
# systematic dissemination of false information on Finnish foreign policy or defense
# public influence on the public opinion towards a pro-war viewpoint or
# public suggestion that a foreign country or Finland should engage in an aggressive act.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050213150526/http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1889/en18890039.pdf Penal Code (39/1889)] as of 1006/2004. §§ 6:5.1.4 (ethnic hatred as an aggravating factor), 11:8 (ethnic agitation) and 12:2 (warmongering). The points cited remain in force on the day of retrieval, checked from the Finnish version: [https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1889/39-001 Rikoslaki]. The Government proposal [http://217.71.145.20/TRIPviewer/show.asp?tunniste=HE+55/2007&base=erhe&palvelin=www.eduskunta.fi&f=WORD HE 55/2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311053343/http://217.71.145.20/TRIPviewer/show.asp?tunniste=HE+55%2F2007&base=erhe&palvelin=www.eduskunta.fi&f=WORD |date=11 March 2011 }} will move the § 11:8 to §11:10 without changing the content, if the proposal is passed by the [[Parliament of Finland]]. Retrieved 23 November 2007.</ref>