How is the crime of violating gender equality rights punished?
(Baonghean.vn) -How are people who violate gender equality rights punished according to the Criminal Code? - Ms. Nguyen Hoang Chau in Con Cuong district asked.
Reply:
Clause 3, Article 5 of the 2006 Law on Gender Equality stipulates: “Gender equality means that men and women have equal positions and roles, are given conditions and opportunities to develop their capacities for the development of the community and family, and enjoy the same results of that development.”
Therefore, anyone who violates gender equality rights will be handled according to the law.
Article 165, Chapter XV of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017, stipulates the crime of violating gender equality rights as follows:
1. Anyone who, for gender reasons, commits any act that prevents others from participating in activities in the fields of politics, economics, labor, education and training, science and technology, culture, information, physical education, sports, and health, and has been disciplined or administratively sanctioned for this act but continues to violate, shall be subject to a warning, a fine of from VND 5,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, or non-custodial reform for up to 02 years.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be subject to a fine of from VND 50,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 or imprisonment from 03 months to 02 years:
a) Abusing position and power;
b) Committing the crime two or more times;
c) For 02 people or more.
3. The offender may also be banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years.
