The German government, in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, approved the draft law for a "Law to Revise Sanctions Law – Substitute Imprisonment, Sentencing, Conditions and Instructions, and Placement in a Detoxification Facility." It also includes the inclusion of "gender-specific" and "sexual orientation-related" motives as further examples of…
… inhumane motives should be explicitly included in the criminal laws on hate crimes. According to the Federal Government's proposal, Section 46 of the Criminal Code should read: “When determining the sentence, the court shall weigh the circumstances for and against the perpetrator.”
In particular, the following should be considered: the motives and goals of the perpetrator, especially racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, gender-specific, anti-sexual or other inhumane motives.”
In the current version, hatred against women and lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people is not explicitly mentioned, but falls under the formulation of "other misanthropic" motives as a motive for the act.
