Latin American Parliament adopts International Definition of Antisemitism 

The Latin American Parliament has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism.

Two articles of declaration were released by the organisation, which brings together delegates from 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

The first article states the Parliament’s adoption of the Definition. The second urges its members to “adopt the indicated definition as an active way of combating hate speech and as a tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, as well as to act specifically against Antisemitism.”

Campaign Against Antisemitism applauds the decision, which demonstrates the Latin American Parliament’s solidarity with the Jewish community.

Britain was the first country in the world to adopt the Definition, something for which Campaign Against Antisemitism and Lord Pickles worked hard over many meetings with officials at Downing Street. The Latin American Parliament joins a growing list of international organisations and national, provincial and local governments around the world to use the Definition.