Incitement and Hate Speech - Part 1

In two segments of the MOOC created by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, Agnès Callamard focuses on a legitimate restriction to freedom of expression, the so-called incitement speech. In this first segment, Callamard first reviews the various provisions related to incitement speech, but also related to its close cousin, called hate speech. Because both provisions on incitement and hate speech, may be brought together under the same provision. Dr. Callamard discusses those various provision, what they mean, and their differences, if not contradiction. She then briefly discusses how regional convention and national systems have addressed incitement and hate speech, focusing in particular on the U.S. First Amendment. Dr. Callamard ends the segment by trying to make sense of this very difficult and imprecise area of law.