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Liberty, Equality, Diversity: States, Cultures And International Law, Ana Filipa Vrdoljak
Liberty, Equality, Diversity: States, Cultures And International Law, Ana Filipa Vrdoljak
Ana Filipa Vrdoljak
This chapter explores how culture is addressed by contemporary international law, with particular reference to human rights law norms. The first part covering freedom focuses on the rise of the modern state and its conscious reimagining of ties with its citizens through the promotion of tolerance and a secular, national identity. The shift is explored through the prisms of the freedom of religion, the right to participate in (national) cultural life, and the limitations on freedom of expression including prohibition of hate speech and domestic blasphemy laws. The second part on equality centres on the relationship between the state, the …
Speech Along The Atrocity Spectrum, Gregory S. Gordon
Speech Along The Atrocity Spectrum, Gregory S. Gordon
Gregory S. Gordon
In the abstract, speech may have much intrinsic value with its power to facilitate democracy, self-actualization, and good will. But, in certain contexts, it can also be quite deleterious, spawning division, ignorance, and hatred. Within the crucible of atrocity, speech may be similarly Janus-faced. Its power to prevent mass violence is indubitable. But its capacity for enabling mass violence is similarly unquestionable. So the issue arises: when and how may speech work for good or ill in relation to atrocity? This Article grapples with that question. And, in doing so, it finds that the relationship between speech and atrocity should …