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ESQUIVEL ALONSO, Yéssica. Hate speech in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2016, n.35, pp.3-44. ISSN 1405-9193.

In general terms hate speech encompass all those expressions considered dangerous for the stability of democratic systems. Among them we can find hatred offenses based on social class, gender, skin color, sexual orientation or ethnicity. The legal protection of these expressions continues to generate interesting discussions among several constitutional and supranational courts. It is for that reason that our article seeks to explain some of the main legal criteria that ECHR has adopted about this topic.

Palabras llave : hate speech; freedom of speech; public incitement to violence; racial discrimination; holocaust denial.

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