Conference: The hate factor in political speech
"The hate factor in political speech – Where do responsibilities lie?"
Warsaw, 18-19 September 2013
Council of Europe relevant links and documents
Secretary General
- Focus: Secretary General asks Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to support no hate speech movement
- Report of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe, - Living together - Combining diversity and freedom in 21st-century Europe, 11 May 2011
- The situation of Roma and travellers in Europe: Main human rights standards of the Council of Europe, 20 September 2010
Committee of Ministers
- Recommendation No. R (97) 20 on "hate speech" adopted on 30 October 1997
- Recommendation No. R (97) 21 on the media and the promotion of a culture of tolerance adopted on 30 October 1997
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2013)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on gender equality and media
- Website
Parliamentary Assembly
- Recommendation 1805 (2007) on Blasphemy, religious insults and hate speech against persons on grounds of their religion adopted on 29 June 2007
- Recommendation 2003 (2012) on Roma migrants in Europe adopted on 28 June 2012
- Resolution 1889 (2012) on the portrayal of migrants and refugees during election campaigns on 27 June 2012
- Website
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
European Court of Human Rights
Commissioner for Human Rights
- Opinion, Human rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe, February 2012
- Issue discussion paper, Ethical journalism and human rights, 2011
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
- General policy recommendation no. 13 on combating anti-gypsyism and discrimination against Roma, adopted on 24 June 2011
- General Policy Recommendation N°6: Combating the dissemination of racist, xenophobic and antisemitic materiel via the internet
- Website
European Commission for democracy through Law
Publications
Organisers
Programme
Background documents
- Dr. Tarlach McGonagle - The Council of Europe against online hate speech: Conundrums and challenges
- Jean-Luc Nancy - La haine, le sens coagulé
Speakers
- Biographies
- Presentations
- Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Morten Kjaerum, Director, FRA
See also
Report
- The hate factor in political speech (report by Françoise Tulkens)
Relevant Council of Europe activities
- Conference "Tackling Hate Speech: Living Together Online" 27-28 November 2012
- Conference "Freedom of Expression and Democracy in the Digital Age - Opportunities, Rights, Responsibilities" Belgrade, 7-8/11/2013
- No Hate Speech Movement
Reference websites
Reference documents
Treaty framework
- European Convention of Human Rights
- Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities - Third thematic commentary on language rights