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Human rights, racism, hate crimes and the case of the holocast denial.
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ASSMA AZAM WEEK 17 SC304 PRESENTATION: HUMAN RIGHTS, RACISM, HATE CRIMES AND THE CASE OF THE HOLOCAST DENIAL INTRODUCTION Today's presentation is focused on the debates and conflict surrounding the right to be allowed freedom of expression and the rights to freedom from acts of violence, threat, and hostility -be it in the form of physical or verbal abuse. Striking a balance between the goals of eliminating any form of discrimination and protecting freedom of speech has always been a serious preoccupation in international human rights law. Although the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects freedom of expression and opinion and information in its article 19- it also includes a counterbalance in the general clause on permissible restrictions "in a democratic society" contained in its article 29. I shall begin the presentation with a definition of hate crimes. HATE CRIMES: include campaigns of anti-Semitic, anti-black, xenophobic, and all kinds of criminal conduct motivated...
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