National legislation

Here is an overview of hate speech laws in some of the countries where INACH has members:

Albania

Read more about hate speech legislation in Albania: Hate speech regulation Albania

Argentina

Law N° 23.592 and Article 80(4) of the penal code in Spanish

Austria

Clause 283 of the Strafgesetzbuch on Incitement and NS-Verbotsgesetz of 1947 in German

Belgium

Read more about hate speech legislation in Belgium in French and Dutch

Bulgaria

Read more about hate speech legislation in Bulgaria here

Croatia

Read more about hate speech legislation in Croatia

Czech Republic

Read more about cyber hate legislation in Czech Republic (Article 352; 355; 356 in Czech and in English which can be used for online hate speech as long as judicial practice develops in order to see what is applicable since no laws tackle online hate speech/crimes specifically)

Estonia

Read more about hate speech legislation in Estonia (Estonian Penal Code 151, prohibition of incitement to hatred in English and Estonian)

France

Read more about hate speech legislation in France in French

Germany

Read more about hate speech legislation in Germany (German) §130 and §86a of the German Criminal Code
Read more about hate speech legislation in Germany (English) §130 and §86a of the German Criminal Code

Task Force agreement against illegal online hate speech. -English- and -German-

Act to Improve Enforcement of the Law in Social Media Networks (English)

Greece

Greece does not have hate speech legislation but has in an anti-racism law that criminalizes incitement and genocide denial/denigration. Yet, prosecutors usually use that incitement legislation to prosecute hate speech.

Hungary

Read more abouthate speech legislation in Hungary

Italy

Read more about hate speech legislation in Italy

Israel

Read more about hate speech legislation in Israel

Latvia

Read more about hate speech legislation in Latvia (in English and Article 78 of the penal code in Latvian)

Lithuania

Read more about hate speech legislation in Lithuania

Netherlands

Poland

Read more about hate speech legislation in Poland (Article 256; 257; of the penal code in Polish and in English)

Romania

Russia

Slovakia

Read more about hate speech legislation in Slovakia (in English and in Slovak and a list of laws that should be considered when considering if a hate crime was committed and in English and Slovak)

Spain

Read more about hate speech legislation in Spain

United Kingdom

United States

There are no specific federal hate speech laws. Only precedents and only clear and present danger, ie. if it can be proven that an act of speech that incited to violence or murder actually resulted or it will definitely result in violent or murderous acts.