Description
The Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice, in cooperation with the Swedish Institute of Foreign Affairs, invites you to an seminar with Frederic Brusi, Raphael Cohen-Almagor and Sally Longworth on "Freedom of expression and its limits".In this seminar we explore two cases that help us reason and argue about where the limits of freedom of expression may lie. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and integral to the functioning of a democratic political system and society. Nonetheless, like all other human rights it is not boundless, it has limits, and its execution can clash with other human rights.
Holocaust denial is both an ethical affront and a negation of established historical facts. In some countries, it is criminalised. Is Holocaust denial beyond the pale of what should be allowed to express as an opinion?
In the second case, we look at the recent rash of Quran burnings in Sweden. This is a clash of rights, between freedom of expression and the prohibition of discrimination in the context of Swedish domestic politics. How can we understand the strong counter-reactions to the burnings? What can we learn from international human rights law in understanding where the boundaries between the two rights lie in this context?
| Period | 2023 Oct 5 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
| Location | Stockholm, SwedenShow on map |