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EU Rights Official Calls for "Balancing" Freedom of Speech
December 06, 2017
In a recent speech to the human rights committee of the Polish national council of attorneys at law, the Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Michael O'Flaherty called for governments to balance the freedom of expression against "the legal requirement to prohibit and penalise certain forms of extreme hate speech."
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UN Agent: Compact Must Push New Narrative on Migration
December 05, 2017
At a consultation on the upcoming Global Compact on Migration, UN Special Representative Louise Arbour identified the development of the migration deal as an opportunity to flip the "often-toxic narrative" about migration into one that recognizes its "overwhelmingly positive impact" and called for policies that transcend "binary categories" like "refugees" and "economic migrants."
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OSCE Hosts Training on Rights-Based Terror Policing
December 04, 2017
An event hosted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Tirana, Albania, focused on training law-enforcement officers in international standards "to respect human rights while countering terrorism."
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OSCE Trains Tajik Journalists on Terror Coverage
December 04, 2017
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently co-hosted a workshop in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to train journalists and government officials on international standards regarding the role of the media in covering "violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism."
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BC Rights Commission May Target "Hate Speech"
December 04, 2017
CTV News Vancouver reports that the Attorney General of British Columbia David Eby has identified online "hate speech" as a potential area in which a revived human rights commission in the province could make an impact with news outlets and moderators of online fora.
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