Friday May 6th Natalie Alkiviadou is speaking at the ERA seminar Applying EU anti-discrimination law

Objective

The aim of this seminar is to enable participants to understand and correctly apply the EU anti-discrimination legislation in domestic disputes. The focus will be on certain aspects of practical importance for legal practitioners in the application of the two anti-discrimination Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78.

Furthermore, topical and current issues in this field will be discussed. Interaction among participants will be encouraged through periods of discussion and working groups requiring their active participation.

The theme of Natalies presentation:
Tackling hate speech in EU law
• Definition of hate speech
• Discrimination framework and criminal law framework
• Online hate speech
• Freedom of expression v. hate speech

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