Stefan Sottiaux
Biographic Data
| ID | 4491411 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan Sottiaux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan |
| FAMILY NAME | Sottiaux |
| SIGNATURE | SOTTIAUX S |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6455-4796 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conflicting Conceptions of Hate Speech in the ECtHR’s Case Law
This article argues that the ECtHR uses two conflicting tests to assess the same types of hate speech. This results in legal uncertainty at best, and arbitrariness and double standards at worst. To remedy the present situation, I propose a two-track strategy. To begin with, the Court should abandon its “bad tendency” approach, a test prone to abuse by governments to silence political dissent under the guise of fighting hate speech, for a set of u…
Sovereignty Civic Participation and Constitutional Law
Banning Sexism
On 26 September 2007, the Brussels’ Court of Commerce banned a sexist commercial and convicted its maker for violating several provisions of the federal Antidiscrimination Act. This contribution analyses the ruling and places it in a broader context. First, the facts of the case and the content of the judgment are presented. We then offer a closer inspection of the Court's reasoning and argue that the ruling is legally flawed and raises serious f…
Anti-Democratic Associations
This article wishes to address the position of anti-democratic political parties under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. More precisely, it offers an analysis of Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) and others vs Turkey, a case in which the European Court of Human Right developed a full-scale test for assessing far-reaching interference with the right to freedom of association of political parties. It seeks to set the Refah ruli…
Banning Sexism
On 26 September 2007, the Brussels’ Court of Commerce banned a sexist commercial and convicted its maker for violating several provisions of the federal Antidiscrimination Act. This contribution analyses the ruling and places it in a broader context. First, the facts of the case and the content of the judgment are presented. We then offer a closer inspection of the Court's reasoning and argue that the ruling is legally flawed and raises serious f…
Anti-Democratic Associations
This article wishes to address the position of anti-democratic political parties under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. More precisely, it offers an analysis of Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) and others vs Turkey, a case in which the European Court of Human Right developed a full-scale test for assessing far-reaching interference with the right to freedom of association of political parties. It seeks to set the Refah ruli…
Banning Sexism
On 26 September 2007, the Brussels’ Court of Commerce banned a sexist commercial and convicted its maker for violating several provisions of the federal Antidiscrimination Act. This contribution analyses the ruling and places it in a broader context. First, the facts of the case and the content of the judgment are presented. We then offer a closer inspection of the Court's reasoning and argue that the ruling is legally flawed and raises serious f…
Sovereignty Civic Participation and Constitutional Law
Conflicting Conceptions of Hate Speech in the ECtHR’s Case Law
This article argues that the ECtHR uses two conflicting tests to assess the same types of hate speech. This results in legal uncertainty at best, and arbitrariness and double standards at worst. To remedy the present situation, I propose a two-track strategy. To begin with, the Court should abandon its “bad tendency” approach, a test prone to abuse by governments to silence political dissent under the guise of fighting hate speech, for a set of u…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Discrimination and Equality Law (2 works) · Harassment (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adjudication (1 work)