Practice question
A campaign openly advocates racial hatred and is stipulated to constitute incitement to violence. Officials say Article 20 concerns all offensive opinions identically and therefore contains no specific incitement threshold. Which reading is accurate?
- Every criticism automatically meets Article 20(2)
- The provision addresses only commercial advertising
- Incitement can never be prohibited
- Article 20(2) addresses advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.
- The article requires violence to be carried out before any prohibition
Legal references
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 10-12, 14-15, 18, 20 and 25-27: https://2covenants.ohchr.org/About-ICCPR.html
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