14 October
Laughing Matters? Humor and Free Speech in the Digital Age
Negotiating the legal boundaries of free speech is a crucial challenge for democracy—especially so in the digital age, as potentially harmful material can easily gain…
Events
Notable Past Events
3 to 4 October
REGULATING THE ONLINE PUBLIC SPHERE: From Decentralized Networks to Public Regulation
The stakes could not be higher for finding a solution for how to regulate the global public sphere, with the survival of modern democratic governance…
11 May
Protecting the Press: International Standards & Judicial Trends in Cases of Violence Against Journalists
Over the last year, GFoE has worked to expand its case law database with coordinated research related to violence against journalists, seeking to capture and…
9 May
La protección de la prensa: Estándares internacionales e interamericanos y las tendencias judiciales en casos de violencia contra periodistas
En el último año GFoE ha trabajado en ampliar su base de datos de jurisprudencia para incluir las decisiones judiciales emblemáticas sobre violencia contra periodistas…
4 May
Latest Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press & Safety of Journalists
On May 4, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, UNESCO, OBSERVACOM, and the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression at the University of Los Andes will…
4 May
Libertad de expresión y seguridad de periodistas: Nuevas tendencias en la jurisprudencia del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos
El 4 de mayo, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, UNESCO, OBSERVACOM y la Cátedra UNESCO de Libertad de Expresión de la Universidad de los Andes…
23 March
Workshops on the Protection of Journalists | Chapter 5: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in Europe & States’ Best Practices
Violence against journalists and human rights defenders has been on the rise in the last decade. With this in mind, Global Freedom of Expression…
22 March
Democratic recession or breaking point for the “bulwark of liberty”?
The invasion of Ukraine is forcing a realignment of countries on the democratic spectrum to choose whether they will join the liberal democracies or a…
10 March
Workshops on the Protection of Journalists | Chapter 4: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in Africa/MENA Region & States’ Best Practices
Violence against journalists and human rights defenders has been on the rise in the last decade. With this in mind, Global Freedom…
4 March
Workshops on the Protection of Journalists | Chapter 3: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in Asia & States’ Best Practices
Violence against journalists and human rights defenders has been on the rise in the last decade. With this in mind, Global Freedom of Expression at…
25 February
Workshops on the Protection of Journalists | Chapter 2: Universal Human Rights Standards and International Case-Law related to the Protection of Journalists
Watch on YouTube Violence against journalists and human rights defenders has been on the rise in the last decade. With this in mind, Global…
10 February
“Who is the Guardian of Free Speech? Meta‘s Oversight Board and (other) Courts and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms”
Hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression. Watch the Video…
27 January
Workshops on the Protection of Journalists | Chapter 1: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in the Inter-American System & States’ Best Practices
Watch Video Here (Spanish) Violence against journalists and human rights defenders has been on the rise in the last decade. With this in mind, Global…
29 November
The Recent Case of Jineth Bedoya Lima vs. Colombia: The Emblematic Case of International Law in the Fight Against Impunity for Crimes Against Female Journalists & its Global Impact
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued a historic ruling in the case of journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima against Colombia. It is the first…
21 October
World Leaders Forum: Courts and Global Norms on Freedom of Expression
8 AM MEXICO CITY / 9 AM NEW YORK / 10 AM BRASILIA & QUITO/ 2 PM ABUJA / 3 PM STRASBOURG & BERLIN / …
15 October
Press Freedom, National Security and Whistleblowers: From Julian Assange to the White House
Blowing the whistle increasingly comes at an extreme personal risk. Edward Snowden remains in exile in Russia. Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in…
15 May
Turkey: A Paradigm Shift
Our Turkey Series continues with the fifth panel bringing together distinguished speakers to discuss the paradigm shift fueled by the latest local elections. On May…
3 April
Human Rights Today: Celebrating 70 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Seventy years ago, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Drafted under Chairwoman Eleanor Roosevelt, the UDHR inaugurated the…
1 February
TURKEY: Teetering Towards Collapse
The “Turkey Series” continues with a fourth panel focusing on the recent social, economic and political developments in Turkey. As the local elections are fast…
25 April
Global Freedom of Expression Award Ceremony
The third biennial presentation of the Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes will be awarded on April 25th 2018 by President Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University in…
9 April
HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship
In her new book HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship (Oxford University Press, May 2018) Nadine Strossen, president of the…
12 December
Turkey: Freedom of Expression in the Dock
The Turkish authorities’ relentless crackdown on freedom of expression and other human rights in Turkey has accelerated since the failed coup attempt of July 2016.…
18 September
Free Expression in a Time of Uncertainty – a European Perspective
Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the EU Commission, in conversation with Anya Schiffrin, Director of SIPA’s TMaC specialization. Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the EU…
21 to 22 August
4 November
Press freedom in Africa: how can States achieve compliance with African Court and AU standards, online and offline?
Panel Description Over the past few years, the African regional and sub-regional courts have handed down important decisions affecting States’ obligations to uphold press freedom…
28 September
Do Britain and America Have the Journalism They Need for Democracy?
Drawing on his new (2016) book Free Speech: Ten Principles For a Connected World (Yale University Press), Timothy Garton Ash looks at two leading democracies…
4 to 5 April
2016 Justice for Free Expression
The 2016 Justice for Free Expression Conference focused on the jurisprudence on freedom of expression in 2015. Participants reviewed exemplary cases and key decisions, compared…
9 to 10 October
UNESCO International Conference on Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Costa Rica
UNESCO International Conference on Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Costa Rica UNESCO and the Inter-American Human Rights System will host a conference on October…
8 to 9 October
European Media Freedom Conference 2015, 8th/9th October 2015, Leipzig (Germany)
After years of preparation 25 representatives of European journalists associations, publishing houses, academic institutions, trade unions and media rights experts from 16 European countries met…
5 to 8 October
IFEX Strategy Conference for Freedom of Expression Defenders
October 5-8, 2015 IFEX Strategy Conference and General Meeting in Trinidad will have over 170 participants from 70 different countries. Columbia Global Freedom of Expression will be represented by its Project Manager, Dr. Hawley Johnson, who will be presenting information about our initiative and promoting digital collaboration between freedom of expression defenders.
1 October
Ministerial Side-Event: “A comprehensive approach to preventing radicalization, violent extremism and atrocity crimes: activating voices from actors in the field”
The nexus between radicalization, violent extremism and the commission of atrocity crimes has become the focus of many current policy discussions. A recurrent question has…
10 to 11 March
Justice for Free Expression in 2014
The Justice for Free Expression conference focused on the jurisprudence on freedom of expression in 2014 around the world. Participants from over 40 countries have…