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David Kaye is a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, and 2023–2024 Fulbright Distinguished Professor of Public International Law at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University, Sweden. He served from 2014 to 2020 as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression.
When an epidemic of Koran burnings swept Denmark and Sweden, the Danish government criminalized the practice. It is a misguided response that misses the opportunity to protect both minorities and the right to free speech.
