Editing Hate crime (section)

====Ukraine====

The [[constitution of Ukraine]] guarantees protection against hate crime:

*Article 10: "In Ukraine, free development, use and protection of Russian and ''other languages'' of ethnic minorities of [[Ukraine]] are guaranteed".
*Article 11: "The State shall promote the development of the ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity of all indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities of Ukraine".
*Article 24: "There can be no privileges or restrictions on the grounds of race, color of the skin, political, religious or other beliefs, sex, ethnic or social origin, property status, place of residence, language or other grounds".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/254к/96-вр|title="Constitution of Ukraine" ["КОНСТИТУЦІЯ УКРАЇНИ"]|date=22 November 2018|website=[[Verkhovna Rada]] of Ukraine (official site government all laws in Ukraine)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122123614/http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/254%D0%BA/96-%D0%B2%D1%80|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref>

Under the Criminal Codex, crimes committed because of hatred are hate crimes and carry increased punishment in many articles of the criminal law. There are also separate articles on punishment for a hate crime.

Article 161: "Violations of equality of citizens depending on their race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, disability and other grounds: Intentional acts aimed at incitement to ethnic, racial or religious hatred and violence, to demean the ethnic honor and dignity, or to repulse citizens' feelings due to their religious beliefs, as well as direct or indirect restriction of rights or the establishment of direct or indirect privileges of citizens on the grounds of race, color, political, religious or other beliefs, sex, disability, ethnic or social origin, property status, place of residence, language or other grounds" (maximum criminal sentence of up to 8 years in prison).

Article 300: "Importation, manufacture or distribution of literature and other media promoting a cult of violence and cruelty, racial, ethnic or religious intolerance and discrimination" (maximum criminal sentence of up to 5 years in prison).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2341-14|title=CRIMINAL CODEX OF UKRAINE ("КРИМІНАЛЬНИЙ КОДЕКС УКРАЇНИ")|date=22 November 2018|website=[[Verkhovna Rada]] of Ukraine (official site government all laws in Ukraine)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122122248/http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2341-14|archive-date=22 November 2018}}</ref>