Should Hate Speech Be Dealt with through Human Rights Law?

Is human rights law an appropriate and effective way to deal with extreme expressions that constitute hate speech, as the federal government is proposing in its new online harms bill? When this question was last addressed a decade and a half ago, Parliament decided the answer was “No.” Does the explosion of hate on the Internet change the picture? Join a panel of leading human rights and legal experts that explore the pros and cons.

Cosponsored by: OpenMedia, PEN Canada

Panelists:

• Birju Dattani, Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression; former Executive Director, Yukon Human Rights Commission
• Emily Laidlaw, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law, University of Calgary
• Richard Moon, Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor

Moderator:

• Faisal Bhabha, Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, former Vice-Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

Zoom link to event torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567

This is a free event and no registration is required.

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