Retour Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism

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Chers amis,

 

Le Conseil de l’Europe a été créé au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale pour construire une paix fondée sur la justice et la coopération internationale.

Les horreurs de la guerre ne devaient plus se répéter.

Dès le départ, notre Organisation s’est engagée à lutter sans relâche contre l’antisémitisme –

Et quelques semaines à peine après ma prise de fonction, le terrible attentat contre la synagogue de Halle en Allemagne le jour du Yom Kippour est venu nous rappeler l’importance de cet engagement.

Ce n’était pas un incident isolé.

C’est pourquoi la lutte contre l’antisémitisme est une priorité dans le Cadre stratégique du Conseil de l’Europe pour les 4 ans à venir.

Nous avons déjà des outils avec lesquels travailler.

La Convention européenne des droits de l’homme est à la fois le point de départ et notre fil conducteur;

Et la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme a souligné clairement qu’elle ne protège pas la négation de l’Holocauste et que la liberté d’expression ne peut être invoquée dans un tel cas.

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Just last month our Commission against Racism and Intolerance issued a new General Policy Recommendation on preventing and combating antisemitism.

On the protection of Jews, Jewish communities, and their institutions, it urges governments to ensure the co-operation required to provide security and law enforcement.

On prosecution, it is clear that antisemitic crimes committed online must be punished just as crimes offline;

That illegal antisemitic hate speech are removed promptly by internet service providers;

And that governments should regulate internet companies, helping them achieve this in compliance with international human rights standards.

This is in line with our Convention on Cybercrime and its Additional Protocol concerning the criminalisation of racist and xenophobic acts committed through computer systems.

And will be complemented by a comprehensive recommendation that will address hate speech, including in the context of the online environment.

Political leaders and other public figures must take a firm stand against antisemitism, whenever and wherever it occurs.

In this respect, I welcome legislation in a number of our member states.

Crucially, there must also be effective measures for prevention and education.

Our new observatory on history teaching will play its part.

And for actors at every level, the working definition of antisemitism provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is a good basis on which to build.

Moving forward, we will step up the application of our standards.

And my recent appointment of a Special Representative on antisemitic and other forms of religious hate crimes is designed to ensure that the collective expertise of our organisation is put to full use.

Jewish life and heritage are integral to Europe’s past, present and future.

Antisemitism must be confronted and stopped, and the Council of Europe is dedicated to that task.

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