2 Hate Speech as a legal problem
Victoria Guillén-Nieto · 2023
2 Hate Speech as a legal problem 1 IntroductionHate speech as a legal problem is analysed in depth in the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Expert Workshops on the Prohibition of Incitement to National, Racial or Religious Hatred, whose purpose is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the implementation of legislation, jurisprudence and policies regarding advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence at the national and regional levels while encouraging full respect for the fundamental right of freedom of opinion and expression as protected by international human rights law (Report of the United Nations 2013: 1).