What is the appropriate treatment of hate speech in European human rights law? In this event, Dr Natalie Alkiviadou (Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University) will present her argument that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should fundamentally rethink its approach to hate speech cases, in order to strengthen freedom of expression. After setting out her argument, Dr Alkiviadou will critical engage a panel of leading experts on free speech and human rights law: Dr Joan Barata (Católica Porto Law School/Queen Mary Univ. of London), Prof. Veronika Fikfak (UCL), Prof. Eric Heinze (Queen Mary Unive. of London), and Prof. Gavin Phillipson (Bristol). The session will be introduced by Prof. Jeffrey Howard (UCL) and chaired by Ricki-Lee Gerbandt (Cambridge/UCL).
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