{"id":18831,"date":"2023-09-21T10:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=18831"},"modified":"2024-03-13T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:12:54","slug":"adf-international-experts-address-parliament-on-hate-speech-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/adf-international-experts-address-parliament-on-hate-speech-bill","title":{"rendered":"South African \u201cHate Speech\u201d Bill Would Violate Human Rights; Free Speech Experts Address Parliament\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18831\" class=\"elementor elementor-18831\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bc8073 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9bc8073\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4bda87\" data-id=\"d4bda87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a408add elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a408add\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>As South African Parliament considers \u201chate speech\u201d bill, free speech legal experts highlight the dangers of criminalizing expression. <\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>ADF International experts address Parliament; \"The bill is unconstitutional, dangerous and not in line with international human rights standards\u201d.<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a42b5e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a42b5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"letter-spacing: 1.1px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">CAPE TOWN (21 September 2023) \u2013\u00a0<\/span>Addressing the South African Parliament\u2019s Committee on Security and Justice, ADF International lawyers submitted that a proposed \u201chate speech\u201d law, entitled the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.pmg.org.za\/Hate_Speech_Bill_B9B-202316065.pdf\">Prevention and Combatting of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill<\/a>, would violate the human right to free speech with egregious consequences for the country\u2019s democracy. The free speech experts provided legal arguments as to why the bill is in violation of international human rights law.<\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">The bill, initially proposed in 2018 and now in its final stage of parliamentary debate, states that, any person who communicates with the intention to \u201cbe harmful or to incite harm\u201d and to \u201cpromote or propagate hatred\u201d is guilty of \u201chate speech\u201d. Both \u201charm\u201d and \u201chatred\u201d are defined with vague and subjective criteria. The penalty for the offense is a fine and\/or up to 8 years imprisonment. The effect would be to restrict free speech in South Africa to inoffensive speech alone, thereby contravening international legal protections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0119e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e0119e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/519teD4nUiY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\"><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_519teD4nUiY_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a394d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77a394d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">Free speech is broadly protected in international human rights law. South African National Dr. Georgia Du Plessis, Legal Officer for ADF International, states the following regarding the proposed bill:<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Africa has a complex and hard-won history of human rights protections, and it is imperative that we honour that legacy at this crucial juncture. The proposed \u2018hate speech\u2019 bill would engender innumerable human rights abuses by censoring free speech with criminal penalties\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree speech is the cornerstone of a democratic society; without it there can be no democracy. Moreover, it is not just inoffensive speech that is protected in international law, but also speech that offends or provokes. We must reject this censorious bill and ensure that the law in South Africa promotes freedom of expression so that human rights and diversity of opinion can flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIdeas should be disputed by ideas, not attacked by the state\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paul Coleman, ADF International Executive Director, also addressed the Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed bill is overbroad and ambiguous, with severe implications for the basic human right to share your opinions or beliefs. No one should be punished under the law for peaceful expression. This is the hallmark of a free society,\u201d states Coleman, who is the author of \u2018Censored: How European Hate Speech Laws are Threatening Freedom of Speech\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman adds: \u201cIt is the responsibility of governments to foster free speech if society is to thrive, not squash it. Ideas should be debated with more ideas, not attacked by the state\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not criminalizing \u201chate speech,\u201d but rather speech that people \u201chate\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the African National Congress party introduced the bill to criminalize so-called \u201chate speech\u201d. The bill has drawn much criticism, as the effect would be to punish speech subjectively viewed as offensive by some. Daniela Ellerbeck of human rights group Freedom of Religion South Africa (FORSA) has noted that the bill is not criminalising \u201chate speech,\u201d but rather criminalising speech that people \u201chate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>ADF International, a global legal advocacy organization working in defense of fundamental freedoms, submitted two legal briefs during the Parliament\u2019s public consultation period. Now, the bill is open for public oral submissions in the second parliamentary chamber (the National Council of Provinces), and therefore in its final stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Hate speech\u2019 laws are vague and subject to the ideological and subjective interpretation dominant in the country. The South African bill is not in line with international human rights standards,\u201d Dr. Du Plessis concludes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHate speech\u201d trial against Finnish parliamentarian serves as warning<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the presentation to the South African parliament, Coleman highlighted the recent criminal prosecution of <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/free-speech-on-trial\/\">P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen<\/a> in Finland. The longstanding parliamentarian and former Minister of the Interior stood trial on August 31, 2023, for the second time, on charges of \u201chate speech,\u201d which is criminalized in Finland. The charges were based on a 2019 Twitter post in which she expressed her beliefs about marriage and sexuality, quoting the Bible. She additionally was charged for comments on a 2019 radio show and 2004 church pamphlet, which she had authored on the same topic. After R\u00e4s\u00e4nen was unanimously acquitted at the Helsinki District Court in March 2002, the prosecution <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/trial-about-censorship-of-finnish-politicians-bible-tweet\/\">appealed<\/a> the verdict. As of now, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen is awaiting the appeals court verdict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prosecution of P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen should serve as a clear warning for governments worldwide. Once the state gets involved in the business of criminalizing peaceful speech, there is no logical stopping point, and we end up with protracted legal battles designed to name and shame perceived offenders of the state\u2019s orthodoxy. This has a serious chilling effect on the rest of society, and extremely problematic consequences for democracy,\u201d states Coleman, who is serving on R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s legal team for ADF International.<\/p>\n<p>Should the Bill pass through the National Council of Provinces successfully, it will be signed by the President and become law binding upon all citizens of South Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-998d377 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"998d377\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d746e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d746e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImages for free use in print or online in relation to this story only\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1553394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"1553394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;1:1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Georgia-Du-Plessis_400x400px.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1553394\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Georgia Du Plessis 400x400px\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMzNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2FkZmludGVybmF0aW9uYWwub3JnXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8xMVwvR2VvcmdpYS1EdS1QbGVzc2lzXzQwMHg0MDBweC5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIxNTUzMzk0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Georgia-Du-Plessis_400x400px.png\" data-width=\"400\" data-height=\"400\" aria-label=\"Georgia Du Plessis of ADF International\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADF International experts address Parliament, \u201cBill is unconstitutional, dangerous and not in line with international human rights standards\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":43857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[146,25,64,515,219,86,27],"class_list":["post-18831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-africa","tag-free-speech","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-georgia-du-plessis","tag-paul-coleman","tag-protect-free-speech","tag-religious-freedom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South African \u201cHate Speech\u201d Bill Would Violate Human Rights; 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