Comparative Law Criminal Law

Criminalising Hate Speech: A Comparative Study

By Eric Heinze
T.M.C. Asser Press January 2025

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ISBN-13
9789462656536
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press
Publication
January 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Never in history have crises surrounding free speech raged with greater ferocity than we are witnessing today. This is the world's first book to gather detailed, country-by-country studies devoted entirely to the problem of hate speech, spanning more than twenty nations. The introductory chapter summarises various key concepts, followed by a composite of the questions that were originally put to each of the Special Rapporteurs. The chapters then provide the Rapporteurs' detailed analyses of each country, with several of the authors supplementing these with additional helpful insights. In particular, the abundance of case studies will help to dramatize the controversies that have been sparked by hateful expression in ways that continue to be relevant far beyond the borders of any one nation.

The chapters explain national legislation and case law, tracking the challenges posed by growing extremism and social polarisation, which is now more acute than ever before in our age of electronic media. The authors also align these national developments with norms and procedures of leading international human rights bodies such as the UN Committee on Racial Discrimination, the UN Human Rights Committee, and the European Court of Human Rights. This collection will be invaluable for beginners, as no prior knowledge is required. At the same time, given the chapters' depth and breadth, it will supply a research tool for advanced scholars, lecturers, and researchers in the areas of free speech, human rights, comparative law, criminal law, constitutional law, and political theory, as well as media and communications studies.

Eric Heinze is Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary University of London. He is currently a Trustee of the London-based Media Diversity Institute, and recently served as General Rapporteur on the Criminalisation of Hate Speech for the Academie Internationale de Droit Compare.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Argentina
Chapter 3. Australia
Chapter 4. Belgium
Chapter 5. Canada
Chapter 6. Croatia
Chapter 7. Czech Republic
Chapter 8. Finland
Chapter 9. France
Chapter 10. Germany
Chapter 11. Greece
Chapter 12. Italy
Chapter 13. The Netherlands
Chapter 14. New Zealand
Chapter 15. Poland
Chapter 16. Romania
Chapter 17. Russian Federation
Chapter 18. Serbia
Chapter 19. Switzerland
Chapter 20. United Kingdom
Chapter 21. Brief country report
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