Piotr GodziszUniversity of Leicester | LE
Piotr Godzisz
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Centred on how advocacy priorities and framing tactics influence public discourse and political outcomes, this chapter initiates a two-part analysis of the complexities of advocating against anti-LGBT hate crimes in Poland. The investigation shows that the appeal for the recognition of registered partnerships entered the political agenda prior to t...
This chapter combines a review of existing literature with new research to scrutinise the multifaceted elements that shape the approach to anti-LGBT hate crime in Poland. It uncovers that the combined influence of sociodemographic factors, political transformation, European Union membership, party politics, constitutional crises, the politicisation...
This chapter uses original data to scrutinise the official efforts towards the proposed expansion of hate speech and hate crime laws to include grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Poland between 2005 and 2022. The analysis reveals a façade of work that primarily aims to maintain the status quo, a strategy driven by the prevailing f...
This book adopts a tri-level approach to analysing state responses to hate crime in the context of global queer politics. At the macro level, the analysis focuses on international governance.
This chapter is the second part of a two-part analysis of anti-LGBT hate crime activism in Poland. It focuses on international advocacy efforts to improve legal protection against anti-LGBT violence. Using Keck and Sikkink’s “boomerang” model, the chapter explores how local activists employ the UN and Council of Europe human rights machinery to pre...
The chapter delves into how homophobia and transphobia have been acknowledged by Polish authorities in specific hate crime policing practices and data gathering endeavours, despite the failure to enact legislation against anti-LGBT hate speech and hate crimes. The analysis singles out a range of internal and external factors that enabled the adopti...
This chapter undertakes a comprehensive analysis of European countries’ approaches to addressing anti-LGBT hate crimes. Moving beyond simplistic analyses focused solely on policy adoption, the study compares legal frameworks with data on law enforcement and criminal justice effectiveness, as well as the lived experiences of LGBT people. The objecti...
This chapter concludes a comprehensive study on Poland’s response to anti-LGBT hate crimes, highlighting a unique discrepancy where such crimes are recognised in practice but not codified into law. Despite advancements in data collection and some police practices, until the end of 2023 Poland remained without legal provisions specifically addressin...
This chapter probes the complexities of the internationalisation of anti-LGBT hate crime as a policy issue, focusing on the responses of international bodies. It introduces a fresh analysis of international standards, shedding light on both the prevailing normative diversity and the intensifying focus on anti-LGBT hate crimes from international org...
This introductory chapter lays the groundwork for a comprehensive analysis of the challenges in developing state responses to anti-LGBT hate crimes. Integrating key findings from queer politics and criminological studies that examine the complex interactions between LGBT communities and the state, the chapter explores the intricate dynamics between...
This chapter offers an overview of factors influencing the acceptance of anti-LGBT hate crime policies, including political circumstances, public opinion, economic status, global rights norms, European unification, and inter-state operations. Additionally, it contemplates deterrents to adoption such as issue prominence, normative conflicts, and the...
Using data from a cross-national survey conducted on representative samples of populations from 10 European countries ( n = 10,766), the present study is the first one to empirically measure the validity of Christie’s influential ideal victim model. We use a range of scenarios built around common types of anti-LGBT violence to verify the extent to...
How and why states legislate against hate crime and what role various actors – including human rights movements and international bodies – play in enacting change is attracting increased scholarly interest. Drawing upon primary, mixed-methods research, with Poland as our case study, this paper seeks to understand how new transnational advocacy oppo...
Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill has reignited debates on freedom of expression and the need for such laws. The authors discuss the bill's strengths and weaknesses, and lessons for other parts of the UK
Despite high levels of societal homophobia, Western Balkan countries have recently passed laws proscribing anti-LGBT violence. The laws, however, are rarely used, as these countries report few or no recorded cases. The question is: Why do Western Balkan countries legislate against homophobia, but then fail to operationalize that legislation? Hate s...
Attitudes
More than seven out of ten respondents in the 10 EU member states (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom) included in the Call It Hate survey agree that LGBT people should be free to live their lives
as they wish.
There are significant differences between countries in the...
Seven out of ten respondents (70 per cent) agree that lesbians, gay men and bisexual people should be free to live their own lives as they wish. Attitudes towards transgender people are slightly less favourable.
There is a significant level of social distance between respondents and LGBT people. Poles would more readily accept a lesbian as a neigh...
Between 2005 and 2015 the Polish government stepped up efforts to counter violence based on sexual orientation, but the legal framework remained unchanged: Unlike in the case of racist violence, the homophobic motivation of a crime does not attract a higher penalty. Recognizing sexual orientation hate crime in some areas (e.g. police training) but...