The Department of Justice are consulting on Improving the effectiveness of Hate Crime legislation in Northern Ireland. They want to hear views on this consultation from victims of hate crime and voluntary and community sector organisations supporting victims of hate crime. The Department of Justice is using this public consultation on Hate Crime Legislation to initially Call for Views on the merits of including misogyny within hate crime laws as an alternative to including sex/gender (neutral) as a protected group.

The deadline for responses to this consultation is Monday 28th March 2022 and it is available here