Balancing Disability Protection Against Freedom of Speech: Should an Offence of Incitement to Disability Hatred Be Introduced?

Andreas Dimopoulos

Balancing Disability Protection Against Freedom of Speech: Should an Offence of Incitement to Disability Hatred Be Introduced?

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Abstract

Assesses the need for a new offence of incitement to disability hatred. Evaluates the current English law approach to protecting disabled people from hate crime. Discusses the social model of disability of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, and suggests that combating "disablism" is a better argument for the new offence than the creation of parity with other identity-based crime. Responds to the objection that it would restrict the right to freedom of expression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-95
Number of pages	17
Journal	Public Law
Volume	2015
Issue number	Jan
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Andreas Dimopoulos
- A.Dimopoulos@hud.ac.uk
- The Law School - Senior Lecturer
- Huddersfield Business School
- Centre for Sustainability, Responsibility, Governance and Ethics - Member
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Dimopoulos, A. (2015). Balancing Disability Protection Against Freedom of Speech: Should an Offence of Incitement to Disability Hatred Be Introduced? Public Law, 2015(Jan), 79-95. https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/IAD149E807B4F11E499B9D6E1F6E110C8/View/FullText.html?navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad6ad3f0000017705c5d00be52d1617%3FNav%3DRESEARCH_COMBINED_WLUK%26fragmentIdentifier%3DIAD14C5907B4F11E499B9D6E1F6E110C8%26parentRank%3D0%26startIndex%3D1%26contextData%3D%2528sc.Search%2529%26transitionType%3DSearchItem&listSource=Search&listPageSource=a76ecbb0a2b05712dbbb3513e1946977&list=RESEARCH_COMBINED_WLUK&rank=6&sessionScopeId=c757f0d444e57658c3990889d9f51e57ab8192ccb49442ef1550cf110f752948&originationContext=Search%20Result&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=(sc.Search)&comp=wluk&navId=0A2F3059961998ADE97791C31B2B25D7

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abstract = "Assesses the need for a new offence of incitement to disability hatred. Evaluates the current English law approach to protecting disabled people from hate crime. Discusses the social model of disability of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, and suggests that combating {"}disablism{"} is a better argument for the new offence than the creation of parity with other identity-based crime. Responds to the objection that it would restrict the right to freedom of expression.",

keywords = "Disabled persons, Freedom of expression, Hate speech, Incitement, International law",

author = "Andreas Dimopoulos",

year = "2015",

month = jan,

day = "1",

language = "English",

volume = "2015",

pages = "79--95",

journal = "Public Law",

issn = "0033-3565",

publisher = "Sweet and Maxwell",