Law Commission expected to make proposal as part of its review into hate crime laws

A review of hate crime legislation is expected to ask the government to consider criminalising “public sexual harassment” after a years-long campaign by women’s rights organisations and lawyers.

The Law Commission, the body that recommends legal changes, will make the proposal as part of its review into the law in relation to hate crime, which was ordered three years ago by the then-home secretary, Sajid Javid, and is due to be released next week.

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