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 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.
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.