1. Some thoughts about Francesca Albanese's expert lecture "Legal aspects of human rights violations and the Geneva Conventions in the occupied Palestinian territories" held in Maribor, SloveniaJan Stajnko, 2025, polemic, discussion, commentary Abstract: On 8 July 2025, the Department of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law at the University of Maribor, hosted Francesca Albanese, the international law expert and UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. In this contribution, the views shared at her expert lecture titled "Legal aspects of human rights violations and the Geneva Conventions in the occupied Palestinian territories" are outpined. Additionally, some concerns are raised regarding implications of Albanese's views for the EU criminal law, in particular the legislative framework aiming at harmonization of the so-called hate speech offences under the Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA.
Keywords: genocide, hate speech, denial, trivialising, international criminal law
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2. Hate speech in times of the COVID-19 pandemic : the social costs and legal implications of a health crisisNina Peršak, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: In crisis times, such as the recent health crisis brought out by the COVID-19 pandemic, society responds in a myriad of pro-social as well as negative, anti-social ways. The article starts by mentioning some broader social and regulatory responses to the pandemic that provided a backdrop to the studied phenomenon. It then looks explicitly at hate speech, unpacks the three-layered dimensions of its harmful consequences, helping to grasp the magnitude of harm caused by such pandemic-fuelled prejudice-based expression, and inspects the impact of the pandemic on such expression that is largely criminalised in Europe. The article concludes with some thoughts on the implications and lessons for the future.
Keywords: hate speech, pandemic, law, regulation, criminalisation, harm, offence
Published in DKUM: 28.08.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 8
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3. HATE SPEECH AND INTERNET HUMOURAja Lovrec, 2014, master's thesis Abstract: There are different ways of perceiving and understanding humour. Some people comprehend the content on the internet social sites as humorous, others as hateful. The aim of this master’s thesis is to raise awareness of hate speech on the internet. The survey was designed for the purpose of highlighting the difference between hate speech and humour in the example of internet memes. There were 513 Slovene participants answering the questionnaire on how they understand selected internet memes – as humour or as hate speech. The sample of English native speakers was smaller (57 respondents), yet enough to compare the results based on different independent variables (English language proficiency and gender). It was confirmed that there is a thin line between hate speech and humour. Some memes that were considered humorous for Slovene respondents were understood as offensive for English native speakers. We concluded that the level of English proficiency does not significantly influence considering memes as humorous or hate speech. The independent variable of gender has some influence on the respondens perception of a meme as humorous or hateful. Based on the survey analysis, it is concluded that memes which might be perceived as hate speech could also be understood as humorous due to the general purpose of a meme (memes are meant to be humorous and funny).
Keywords: hate speech, humour, internet memes, human rights, free speech
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