Blasphemy Versus Incitement

Temperman, Jeroen

Blasphemy Versus Incitement

Jeroen Temperman, ‘Blasphemy versus Incitement: An International Law Perspective’, in: Christopher Beneke, Christopher Grenda and David Nash (eds.), Profane: Sacrilegious Expression in a Multicultural Age (University of California Press, 2014), pp. 401–425

29 Pages Posted: 8 Jan 2016

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Jeroen Temperman

Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date Written: 2014

Abstract

A close examination of Article 20(2) ICCPR supports the view that the threshold of this extreme-speech provision is very high. This paper argues that Article 20(2) does not actually ban "hate speech", but rather requires prohibitions of certain, qualified types of extreme speech, namely those speech acts that incite adverse responses (discrimination, hostility or violence). This clause's key terms are conceptualized and contrasted with low-threshold blasphemy or defamation bans.

Keywords: Incitement, blaspemy, defamation, Article 20(2) ICCPR

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Temperman, Jeroen, Blasphemy Versus Incitement (2014). Jeroen Temperman, ‘Blasphemy versus Incitement: An International Law Perspective’, in: Christopher Beneke, Christopher Grenda and David Nash (eds.), Profane: Sacrilegious Expression in a Multicultural Age (University of California Press, 2014), pp. 401–425, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2712702