This video, produced by Internews for the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards, emphasizes the importance of Article 19 - Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression - of the Declaration of Human Rights for protecting all human rights.
Article 19 has raised concern over both the Irish blasphemy law and the proposed International defamation of religion law. Intl human rights standards should protect individuals/groups on the basis of their religion/ethnicity and not protect religions per se. Constituting defamation of religion in international law or domestic legislation distorts and undermines existing international human rights protection of both the right to freedom of expression and the right to equality.
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