Editing Hate crime (section)

====Brazil====
In [[Brazil]], hate crime laws focus on [[racism]], racial [[Personal injury|injury]], and other special bias-motivated crimes such as, for example, murder by [[death squad]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L8072.htm|title=L8072|website=www.planalto.gov.br}}</ref> and [[genocide]] on the grounds of [[nationality]], ethnicity, race or religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L2889.htm|title=L2889|website=www.planalto.gov.br}}</ref> Murder by death squads and genocide are legally classified as "hideous crimes" ({{Lang|pt|crimes hediondos}} in Portuguese).<ref>Law 8072/1990 (aforementioned link), Article 1st, I and single paragraph.</ref>

The crimes of racism and racial injury, although similar, are enforced slightly differently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boletimjuridico.com.br/doutrina/texto.asp?id=662 |title=Racismo ou injúria racial? - Boletim Jurídico |publisher=Boletimjuridico.com.br |access-date=21 January 2013}}</ref> Article 140, 3rd paragraph, of the [[Penal Code]] establishes a harsher penalty, from a minimum of one year to a maximum of three years, for injuries motivated by "elements referring to race, color, [[ethnicity]], [[religion]], origin, or the condition of being an aged or [[disability|disabled person]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Decreto-Lei/Del2848compilado.htm |title=DEL2848compilado |publisher=Planalto.gov.br |access-date=21 January 2013}}</ref> On the other side, Law 7716/1989 covers "crimes resulting from [[discrimination]] or [[prejudice]] on the grounds of race, color, ethnicity, religion, or national origin".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L7716.htm |title=L7716 |publisher=Planalto.gov.br |access-date=21 January 2013}}</ref>

In addition, the Brazilian Constitution defines as a "fundamental goal of the Republic" (Article 3rd, clause IV) "to promote the well-being of all, with no prejudice as to [[nationality|origin]], race, sex, color, age, and any other forms of discrimination".<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constituiçao_Compilado.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012234154/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constitui%C3%A7ao_Compilado.htm| archive-date = 2007-10-12| title = Constitui o-Compilado}}</ref>