THE CASE-LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON PROTECTION AGAINST HATE SPEECH AND HATE CRIMES BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY

Adela Rodríguez Mañogil

doi:10.21134/sjls.vi5.2129

THE CASE-LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON PROTECTION AGAINST HATE SPEECH AND HATE CRIMES BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY

Authors

Adela Rodríguez Mañogil Profesora Ayudante Área de Derecho Internacional Público y Relaciones Internacionales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21134/sjls.vi5.2129

Keywords:

Hate speech, hate crimes, sexual orientation, gender identity, European Court of Human Rights

Abstract

The increase in hate speech and hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe has led the Council of Europe to become increasingly concerned with the issue. In this paper, we study the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on the subject to ascertain the level of protection afforded to individuals against homophobic and transphobic hate speech and hate crimes.