Empowering Transatlantic Civil Society Responses to Online Antisemitism Across Latin America
LATIN AMERICA - The World Jewish Congress partnered with UNESCO, the Latin American Jewish Congress, B’nai B’rith International, and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, earlier this week, to organize a training addressing the rise of antisemitism online in Latin America following the Hamas perpetrated terrorist attack on October 7th.
In his keynote remarks, Ambassador Federico Villegas, former Permanent Representative of Argentina to International Organisations in Geneva and former President of the UN Human Rights Council, underscored the intrinsic link between the advocacy for human rights and the fight against antisemitism, saying “neither can one speak nor defend human rights without fighting against antisemitism, it’s as simple as that.”
Ambassador Villegas highlighted three critical strategies to fight antisemitism: leveraging technology for Holocaust education, reinforcing the commitment to the principles established by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and initiating key discussions on the impact of social media and AI on society.