New Legislation: Criminal Penalties Doubled For Intention To Discriminate

From 7 April 2023, the penalties for crimes committed with discriminatory intent will double.

In our 8 July 2022 Newsflash_, we reported the tabling of Bill of law No. 8032_, which supplements the Criminal Code by introducing an aggravating circumstance for offences (crimes or délits) motivated by discrimination.

The law of 28 March 2023_¹ has now been passed and was published on 3 April 2023 in the Luxembourg Official Journal Mémorial A 185 (the "Law"). The Law doubles the fines and prison sentences for all offences committed 'because of' (en raison de) a discriminatory factor.

The relevant criteria are:

• Origin.
• Skin colour.
• Sex or gender.
• Sexual orientation.