Countering hate speech against refugees and migrants : An evaluation of international human rights treaties and soft law instruments

 

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Autor: Fuchs Alvarado, Gustavo
Format: artículo original
Estat:Versión publicada
Data de publicació:2019
Descripció:Since the refugee crisis in 2015, hate speech against refugees and migrants has increased significantly, becoming a cause of concern for the United Nations. Although there is no definition of hate speech or xenophobia in international law, dispositions in human rights treaties and soft law provide a mandate for States to protect migrants from hateful speech. By reviewing human rights treaties, documents from treaty bodies and other soft law instruments, this article aims to show that hateful speech targeting migrants should be sanctioned by law, as it falls outside the scope of freedom of expression.
Pais:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/12122
Accés en línia:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ri/article/view/12122
Paraula clau:Derechos humanos, libertad de expresión, discursos de odio, migrantes, refugiados, Naciones Unidas
Human rights, freedom of expression, hate speech, migrants, refugees, United Nations