Symbols of illiberalism in the world of liberal states

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Symbols of illiberalism in the world of liberal states

Original language description

Liberal democracies, by their very nature, shall be tolerant and open to diverse views and opinions. Should, however, tolerance and openness extend to illiberal ideas and to symbols of illiberal ideologies and regimes? While the first part of the question has received an extensive coverage in the academic literature, the second has passed largely undiscussed. The recent attempts by several countries of Central and Eastern Europe to ban the use of certain political symbols show however how topical the issue is. The prohibition of symbols of illiberal ideologies or regimes could be addressed from various perspectives. The current chapter discusses it in light of the main normative system applicable in liberal democracies, that of international human rights law and, primarily, the European Convention on Human Rights. Drawing upon the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and upon national legal acts and court decisions from several Central and Eastern European countries (section 1), the chapter shows that the European Convention makes it possible for States to outlaw the public use of illiberal symbols (section 2). The legal regulation needs however to fulfil the classical criteria of lawful restrictions of human rights – legality, legitimacy, and necessity in a democratic society (section 2.1). The paper argues that when limiting the use of political symbols, States should also take into account the presence or absence of social consensus on the interpretation of a certain symbol and the overall purpose of the restriction. So far, these factors have been largely neglected both at the national and at the European level (section 2.2).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

AG - Legal sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Baltic Yearbook of International Law

ISBN

978-90-04-32974-4

Number of pages of the result

19

Pages from-to

249-267

Number of pages of the book

642

Publisher name

Brill

Place of publication

Leiden

UT code for WoS chapter

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