A/74/486
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 October 2019
Original: English
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 70 (b)
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights
questions, including alternative approaches for improving the
effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion
and expression*
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report prepared by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the
right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, submitted in accordance
with Human Rights Council resolution 34/18. In the present report, the Special
Rapporteur evaluates the human rights law that applies to the regulation of online
“hate speech”.
* The present report was submitted after the deadline so as to include the most recent
information.
19-17368 (E)
171019
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