The European Court of Human Rights held that an excessive damages award in a defamation claim violated the Herald newspaper's right to freedom of expression, and that trial judges should give sufficient guidance to juries when they are determining the damages to award in defamation proceedings.
The European Court of Human Rights held that Russia had violated the right to freedom of expression and the prohibition against discrimination when it convicted three applicants who were charged with administrative offenses for their nonviolent demonstrations held in front of a school and library to counter the stigma associated with homosexuality.
The Supreme Court of Uruguay held that under the Law on the Right of Access to Public Information, disclosure by the Communications Services Regulatory Unit of the number of subscribers to a television company’s services does not violate the constitutional right to privacy.
The Supreme Court of Ayacucho in Peru held that the city must disclose information related to the travel, and travel expenses, of public officials in accordance with the principles of publicity and the right to access information.
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala unequivocally upheld an appellate decision to order the Ministry of National Defense to release four military operational plans to the prosecution concerning the genocide trial of the former military dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence
and to advance understanding of the norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression.