Hate speech should be illegal

Human rights

Universal entitlements of all persons regardless of nationality, status, or circumstance, grounded in international law. Includes civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. Promoted and monitored through treaty bodies, courts, and advocacy organizations operating at national and international levels.

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Civil liberties

Individual freedoms that constrain what the state may do, including speech, assembly, religion, privacy and protection from arbitrary search or detention. Distinct from civil rights, which concern equal treatment, these limit government power rather than extend entitlement, and are usually enforced through the courts.

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Press freedom

The right to gather, publish and distribute information without prior restraint or reprisal, and the legal protections that secure it. Covers source protection, prosecutions of reporters, access to public proceedings and the conditions under which journalism can be practised at all.

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