Download and use the campaign materials which were developed by participants during our recent workshop on developing human rights-based narratives to counter anti-Roma and Traveller* hate speech (30 June - 1 July) using the new online toolkit for human rights speech.

During the workshop participants analysed some examples of anti-Roma and Traveller hate speech which had been found online, and looked at the risks it poses to the human rights and dignity of the Roma and travellers, as well as its link with hate crimes.

The participants then examined which human rights can work best at tackling hate and discriminatory speech and developed their own human-right based messages in response or as an alternative. Graphic designers worked with the participants to share their messages in a visual way to meet their communication strategy.  

 The campaign materials are now available for download -  use #WECAN4HRS when posting them on social media

This activity is part of the "WE CAN for human rights speech" project. Further workshops will be held in the Autumn: 

• Building human rights narratives to counter anti-Muslim hate speech (27-28 September) registration now open
• Building human rights narratives to counter antisemitic hate speech (12-14 October) registration opens in September

 *The term “Roma and Travellers” is used at the Council of Europe to encompass the wide diversity of the groups covered by the work of the Council of Europe in this field: on the one hand a) Roma, Sinti/Manush, Calé, Kaale, Romanichals, Boyash/Rudari; b) Balkan Egyptians (Egyptians and Ashkali); c) Eastern groups (Dom, Lom and Abdal); and, on the other hand, groups such as Travellers, Yenish, and the populations designated under the administrative term “Gens du voyage”, as well as persons who identify themselves as Gypsies. The present is an explanatory footnote, not a definition of Roma and/or Travellers.