Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
Hate Speech and Incitement to Genocide (DC)
HATE SPEECH AND
INCITEMENT TO GENOCIDE
The international community faces an ongoing challenge in protecting the rights to freedom of opinion and expression while also combating incitement to genocide and preventing violence based on hatred.
The co-hosts listed above are presenting a panel to address the phenomena of hate speech and incitement to mass violence, including genocide. The panel will focus on:
- The distinction between hate speech and incitement to violence
- Challenges and tools related to monitoring incitement to genocide
- Policy approaches and tools to address offensive speech that do not infringe on freedom of expression
Welcome:
- Sara Bloomfield, Director, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Remarks:
- H.E. Wegger Chr. Strommen, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States
Keynote:
- Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Moderator:
- Michael Abramowitz, Director of the Center for the Prevention of Genocide, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Panelists:
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Susan Benesch, Genocide Prevention Fellow, US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Founder, Dangerous Speech Project, World Policy Institute
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Frank LaRue, UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
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George Weiss, Founder, Radio La Benevolencija Humanitarian Tools Foundation (La Benevolencija), a Dutch NGO that uses edutainment and psycho-education to combat hate speech and empower victims in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Aidan White, founding Director, Ethical Journalism Network, a global campaign to promote ethics and good governance across all media platforms
This event is funded, in part, by the Helena Rubinstein Fund.
Additional funding has been provided by the Dangerous Speech Project at the World Policy Institute as part of its efforts to limit the catastrophic effects of dangerous speech without impeding the right to freedom of expression.
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