Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: The Low Threshold Hatred Paradigm—When "Offence" Is Enough to Restrict Speech
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Jul 16, 2025, 8:01 am118 ptsIn this third post in The Volokh Conspiracy guest series, I examine a critical issue in the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) hate speech jurisprudence: its embrace of what I term the "low threshold hatred paradigm." Under this approach, expressions that offend, insult, ridicule, or defame…
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