Baroness Onora O’Neill spoke together with Mark Hammond on the right to freedom of expression. Their lecture surveyed the history and philosophy of freedom of expression. It introduced a new publication by the EHRC on the legal framework that protects – and restricts – this freedom, with particular reference to hate speech and offence relating to characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010.
Onora Sylvia O’Neill, Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Chair of the quality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a former President of the British Academy and founding President of the Bri