Cyber hate legislation
The following represent the different rules on hate speech, making it illegal, and particularly on what cyber hate consists of;
International legislation on hate speech
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 7
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 19, 3
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 20, 2
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Article 4
- IHRA Working definition of Antisemitism
European legislation on cyber hate
- Council of Europe – Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems - Council of Europe – Explanatory Report to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime
Concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems - EC/Industry Code of Conduct
On Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online - Commission Recommendation of 1.3.2018
On measures to effectively tackle illegal content online - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the regions
Tackling Illegal Content Online – Towards an enhanced responsibility of online platforms
National legislation on cyber hate specifically
Germany
- Task Force agreement against illegal online hate speech. -English- and -German-
- Act to Improve Enforcement of the Law in Social Media Networks (English)
National legislation not on cyber hate specifically
If you click on the page of a country in which we have a member in you can see the legislation that they use to counter cyber hate there, even though it is not per se cyber hate legislation.
Free Speech vs Hate speech
European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 (limitation of free speech)