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"Especially important…is a State’s increased power to regulate expression when the activity or expression in question seeks to destroy other rights recognized in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. For example, it is permissible for States to regulate speech advocating national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence."

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UN (Center for Human Rights): Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical, and Human Rights Aspects of Elections, para. 38

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Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical, and Human Rights Aspects of Elections

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Freedom of expression may only be restricted in limited cases, including when an expression seeks to destroy other established rights.
Access to information may be restricted only in limited cases, including when an expression seeks to destroy other established rights.