DDCP-YD/ETD (2017) 92
Strasbourg, 18 April 2017
Youth Campaign for human rights online
Open session of the
Seminar on Combatting
Antisemitic Hate Speech
10 May 2017
European Youth Centre Strasbourg, France
Draft programme
of the open sessions
In cooperation with campaign partners:
EUJS, CEJI, ENAR, LICRA and MDI
Background
The open sessions of the three day seminar invites representatives of the Parliamentary
Assembly; No Hate Speech Movement campaign partners and activists; and Council of
Europe staffs to review together with campaign activists and practitioners the work on
combatting antisemitic hate speech and identify ways to strengthen it.
The open sessions are organised within the framework of a three day seminar of campaign
activists and partners. They will develop their competences to take action on antisemitic hate
speech and draft education and campaign initiatives within the framework of the No Hate
Speech Movement. The meeting is organised in cooperation with the campaign partners
EUJS, CEJI, ENAR, LICRA and MDI1.
The No Hate Speech Movement is a youth campaign by the Council of Europe to mobilise
young people to take action on issues related to hate speech and human rights online
through awareness raising and human rights education.
Programme
Wednesday 10 May
9.00
Registration
9.15
Opening of the Day
Matthew Johnson, Director of the directorate for democratic citizenship and
participation of the Council of Europe
9.30
Understanding online Antisemitic Hate Speech today
10.30 No Hate Speech Movement: campaigning for Human Rights online
11.00 Break
11.30 The need for a political response to antisemitism and hate speech
Milena Santerini, member of the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, member of the Italian Parliament
11.50 Monitoring measures taken to deal with antisemitism and hate speech in member
States
Stefano Valenti, External Relations Officer, Secretariat of the European Commission
against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe (ECRI)
12.10 The importance of education and remembrance when combatting antisemitic hate
speech
Sebastian Mangrau, Advisor, Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights
1
For more information see EUJS: www.eujs.org; CEJI: www.ceji.org; ENAR: www.enar-eu.org;
LICRA: www.licra.org ; MDI: www.media-diversity.org
12.30 Lunch
14.00 European Commissions activities aimed at combating antisemitic hate speech
Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating antisemitism, European
Commission
14.30 Working Groups: taking action against antisemitic hate speech, round 1
 ‘Linguistic Self-Defence Guide Against Antisemitism’ and ‘Stopping Hate:
How to Counter Hate Speech on Twitter’, educating journalists and youth on
language use when combatting hate speech, Giulia Dessi, Media Diversity
Institute
 'Jewish Pathfinders': Norwegian-Jewish young adults combatting prejudice in
high schools - how and why?, Natalie Preminger, Jewish Pathfinder, No
Hate Speech Movement Committee Norway
 Taking legal action on reported online antisemitic hate speech in Belgium,
Leona Erens, Unia - Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities (tbc)
15.45 Break
16.15 Working Groups: taking action against antisemitic hate speech, round 2
 Taking action on Antisemitism in Hungary, Marcell Lorincz, Board Member
of ENAR (tbc)
 ‘de:hate’, Monitoring hate speech and hateful narratives online, working with
platform providers and developing counter strategies in Germany, Johannes
Baldauf, Amadeu Antonio Stiftung (tbc)
17.15 Plenary closing; feedback and recommendations for future action from the working
groups
18.30 Closing reception