- The International Day for Countering Hate Speech was marked on June 18, highlighting the need of combating hate speech as well as promoting tolerance and dialogue between communities. The day was marked for the first time in 2022.
- The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had adopted a resolution in 2021 “to promote inter-religious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech”.
- UNGA also drew attention to concerns over proliferation of hate speech across the world.
- The resolution highlighted the need of countering xenophobia, discrimination and hate speech.
- It further called all relevant actors and member states, to speed up their efforts of addressing these issues, in accordance with international human rights law.
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