CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Wójcik, Anna |
|---|---|
| Title | Polish exceptionalism: hate speech laws between supra-national standards and national politics |
| Summary | This thesis explores internal and external factors behind an unsuccessful reform of hate speech laws in Poland. Polish criminal law does not provide protection for victims of hate speech motivated by bias on grounds of gender identity and sexual orientation. This legal lacuna puts the country below international standards in this area. This thesis argues that the national political leadership’s interests have had decisive on policy reform, against a hypothesis that stresses the state’s increased malleability under the influence of regional monitoring institutions and domestic civil society actors, including expert communities. The influence of agencies of the Council of Europe and The Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe in the context of the European Union fundamental rights dimension is also discussed. |
| Supervisor | Kowalski, Alexandra |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/wojcik_anna.pdf |
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