UN Secretary General creates UN team to define global plan of action against hate speech
fev, 25, 2023
Hi-network.com
During the 40th session of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterreshas mandated the Special Advisor on Genocide Prevention, Adama Dieng, to 'bring together a UN team to scale up our response to hate speech, (to) define a system-wide strategy and present a global plan of action on a fast track basis'. This decision comes as a response to the fact that 'hate is moving into the mainstream, in liberal democracies and authoritarian systems alike' spreading antisemitic and islamophobic content.