The Supreme Court of Washington affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the Washington Law Against Discrimination (“WLAD”) did not violate the Defendants’ rights to freedom of speech or freedom of religious exercise under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or Article 1 of the Washington Constitution.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that Colombia had breached, among others, the right to freedom of association of four female human rights defenders. The case arose in the context of an armed conflict in Colombia, during which five women were subjected to harassment and intimidation for their human rights work.
The Constitutional Court of Russia held that a person could be held criminally liable for repeatedly violating laws regulating public assembly, but only if the violations resulted in harm to health, property, the environment, public order, national security or other constitutionally protected values.
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.