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• Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech

  This brochure intends to make a distinction between freedom of expression and hate speech, both from a terminology and a legal point of view, as well as to differentiate them from other related concepts, such as defamation and insult.
  

• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol No.11

  Council of Europe convention on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Includes Protocols Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 13.

• Understanding Hate Crimes

  This booklet aims to help police and prosecutors, legislators, local authorities and civil society organisations better understand the problem of hate crimes. It explains the significance of hate crimes and suggests how authorities and communities can prevent and better respond to hate crimes.

• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols

  The purpose of this Convention is to promote cooperation to prevent and combat transnational organized crime more effectively. The Convention represents a major step forward in the fight against transnational organized crime and signifies the recognition by Member States of the seriousness of the problems posed by it, as well as the need to foster and enhance close international cooperation in order to tackle those problems.