No Hate
Why is hate speech a problem? What actions can you take?
You can take action
Taking action involves 3 steps:
- Education and awareness-raising: the handbook Bookmarks explains the risks posed by hate speech and how to prevent it via human rights education
- Reporting and data collection: National reporting mechanisms and victim support exist in most Council of Europe member States. Social media platforms provide tips to help protect users from hate speech and tools to report it
- Counter narratives: challenging false information and promoting positive messages with creativity, humour and fact checking (No Hate Speech Movement and video series)
Council of Europe takes action
- Parliamentary action: No Hate Parliamentary Alliance
- Monitoring and standard-setting: European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Human Rights Commissioner
- Legal action: European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR factsheet on hate speech)
- Capacity-building: No Hate Speech Movement
- Overview of actions taken to prevent and combat hate speech by the Council of Europe
