Vilification means a public act, conduct or behaviour that incites hatred, serious contempt for, or revulsion or severe ridicule of, a person or group of people because of a particular characteristic they hold, as covered by applicable legislation, including their race or religion, or homosexuality, transgender or HIV/AIDS status.
Vilification means behaviour that occurs in public which incites hatred towards, serious contempt for, or revulsion or severe ridicule of a person or group of people because that person or persons have a particular personal characteristic. Anti-discrimination laws in Australia make it unlawful to vilify a person or group of persons on the basis of race, religion, homosexuality, transgender status and HIV/AIDS status.
Examples of Vilification in a sentence
Vilification is a particularly serious breach of EEO laws and will be dealt with accordingly.
Vilification involves a person inciting hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons by public act.
Vilification includes acting or speaking in a manner which is intended to offend, insult, humiliate, intimidate, threaten, disparage or vilify another person on the basis of the person's race, religion, colour, sex or sexual preferences, impairment or national or ethnic origin.
Some forms of Vilification may be a criminal offence, for example where harm is threatened.
Refer to Schedule 1 of the Member Protection Policy for examples of behaviour that may constitute Vilification.
More Definitions of Vilification
Vilification means the act of inciting hatred, contempt or ridicule towards a person based on a person’s Disability, Race, Sexuality, marital status, religion, colour or age.
Vilification means the abusive criticism of one or more persons in connection with their membership of a particular group of persons;
Vilification in this Code means any form of conduct not undertaken reasonably and in good faith in the course of a genuine academic, artistic or public discussion, publication or debate that:
Vilification means the public act of inciting hatred, contempt or ridicule towards a person based on a person’s Disability, Race, Sex, Sexuality, marital status, Religious Activity, Religious Belief or age, but does not include a public act done reasonably and in good faith for purposes in the public interest, including discussion or debate about any act or matter.
Vilification means any activity in public that incites hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or persons because of their sexual orientation. In this context, "activity in public" means doing anything whatever that so incites other people.
Vilification means a form of Harassment and as more specifically set out in Part III, clause 9 of this By‐Law. PART II ‐ PREVENTATIVE ACTION This Part sets out the requirement for mandatory screening and declarations for certain roles within Skate Victoria and the requirement for to distribute and enforce this By‐Law.
Vilification means any form of conduct not undertaken reasonably and in good faith that: