Violence against religious communities

Amendment No. 24 | Doc. 13157 | 23 April 2013

Signatories:

Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Mr Mevlüt ÇAVUŞOĞLU, Turkey, EDG ; Ms Tülin ERKAL KARA, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Ms Ganira PASHAYEVA, Azerbaijan, EDG ; Mr Ahmet Kutalmiş TÜRKEŞ, Turkey, EDG

Origin

2013 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 9.1, after the word "intolerance", add the following words:

", including hate speech,".

Explanatory note

Hate speech as being one of the main sources of discrimination and violence based on religion might also lead to human rights violations as such; this should also be specified in the text.