The research paper is a review of the hate speech usage practice in Georgian politics between the years 2014-2016. It consists of the analysis of domestic legal acts, limiting the use of hate speech, and also, to eradicate hate speech among Georgian political actors, it proposes – based on the review of actual legal acts and/or established practices of other countries – self-regulation mechanisms for them.
The present research paper is concerned with studying anti-discrimination self-regulation mechanisms put in place within public bodies and political parties throughout numerous countries, Georgia included. It’s goal is to establish, whether there exist, among Georgian public bodies, documents for internal consumption, that regulate what happens when employees resort to hate speech, xenophobia and discriminatory rhetoric based on miscellaneous signs.
Within the present research, the following documents have been analyzed: Legal documents defining disciplinary punishment for the employees of Georgian public bodies, Statutes of parliamentary factions/subjects, Parliamentary reports of Public Defender of Georgia, Various monitoring reports of NGOs on the use of Xenophobia, and the acts of discrimination and reactions to them in Georgian politics and media and Hate speech related self-regulations, and other types of norms, enshrined in the laws of various democratic countries.
This publication was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) within “Promoting Integration, Tolerance and Awareness Program in Georgia” [PITA], implemented by the UN Association of Georgia (UNAG).
Hate Speech by Public Authorities/State Officials and the Issues of Disciplinary Punishment.
