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The Council of Europe adopted the Recommendation on combating hate speech
In the Recommendation adopted during its annual session held in Turin on 20 May, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers called on governments to develop comprehensive strategies to prevent and fight hate speech, including the adoption of an effective legal framework and implementing...
The Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech held its final meeting
The Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech held its fourth and final meeting in a hybrid format on 6-7 and 20-21 October. ADI/MSI-DIS members and other participants held constructive discussions on the draft Recommendation on Combating Hate Speech and its draft Explanatory Memorandum. They...
Public consultation on CM Recommendation on Combating Hate Speech
The public consultation on the draft text of the Committee of Ministers Recommendation on Combating Hate Speech is open from 23 June to 8 August 2021. This recommendation will provide non-binding guidance for member states and other key stakeholders on a comprehensive approach to addressing hate...
The Committee of Experts on combatting hate speech (ADI/MSI-DIS) held its third meeting via videoconference
On 12-13 April 2021, The Expert Committee on Combating Hate Speech held its third meeting online to continue the work on the draft recommendation on a comprehensive approach to combating hate speech, including in the context of an online environment, within a human rights framework. The meeting...
Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech holds its second online meeting
On 15-16 December 2020 the Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech (ADI/MSI-DIS) exchanged views on the discussion paper prepared by Rapporteurs presenting elements for the drafting of a Recommendation on a comprehensive approach to combating hate speech within a human rights framework,...
Committee of Experts on Combating hate Speech starts its work
During its first two-day meeting (29-30 Sept. 2020) the expert committee ADI/MSI-DIS determined the scope and structure of a future Committee of Ministers’ recommendation on a comprehensive approach to combating hate speech within a human rights framework. The newly elected chair Alexander...
Full composition of the new Expert Committee on Combating Hate Speech announced
The Council of Europe is pleased to announce the full composition of its new Expert Committee on Combating Hate Speech. This inter-disciplinary group of 16 leading specialists (ten member State representatives elected by the CDMSI (Steering Committee on Media and Information Society) and the...
New Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech (ADI/MSI-DIS)
The primary task of the Committee is to prepare a draft recommendation by the Committee of Ministers on a comprehensive approach to addressing hate speech, including in the context of an online environment, within a human rights framework building on the case law of the European Court of Human...