What Happens When “Promoting Hatred” Becomes A Crime - Professor Ben Saul UN Special Rapporteur
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The episode discusses the implications of Australia's tougher hate and extremism laws with Professor Ben Saul.
We sit down with Professor Ben Saul, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, to unpack Australia’s post-crisis push for tougher hate and extremism laws and what that signals for democratic debate. We dig into where international human rights law draws the line on speech and why vague drafting and executive power can chill legitimate political criticism while failing to stop real violence. • Australia’s lack of a federal Bill of Rights and why that leaves freedoms ex...
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