25 October
Humor is often at the center of complex legal cases and content moderation decisions regarding free speech and its limits. How can judges – or…
16 October
Earlier this year, a Hong Kong Court banned the dissemination of “Glory to Hong Kong,” a popular protest “anthem,” which had become an important…
19 September
As the US presidential election approaches and half of the world’s population heads to the polls in this “super-election year” of 2024,…
28 June to 26 July
The Internet environment has witnessed significant power shifting across the world in relation to its regulatory landscape. For some time, governments were seen as a…
30 April
Update: The report on the conference is available here. Academic Roundtable “Examining Freedom of Online Communication Across Transatlantic Borders” The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for…
25 April
Safeguarding Free Expression: The Role of Judicial Systems in Pivotal Times CGFoE’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and 2024 Prize Ceremony All the day’s recordings are available…
2 April
French Database Launch: Webinar Series on Freedom of Expression Columbia Global Freedom of Expression expands its global reach: our flagship Case Law Database will soon…
2 April
Protections et limitations de la liberté d’expression dans le système africain Comment les organes du Système africain des droits de l’homme et des peuples ont-ils…
2 April
Freedom of Expression Protections and Limitations within the African System How have the organs of the African System of Human and People’s Rights dealt with…
25 March
Le discours de haine: La question persistante des seuils L’absence de définition universellement acceptée du discours de haine a donné lieu à une myriade d’interprétations…
25 March
Hate Speech: The Enduring Problem of Thresholds The lack of universally accepted definition of hate speech has led to a myriad of interpretations from domestic,…
20 March
Tendances mondiales du droit à l’oubli Comment le droit à l’oubli a-t-il évolué au cours de la dernière décennie depuis l’arrêt clé Google Spain SL…
20 March
Global Trends in the Right to be Forgotten How has the so-called Right to be Forgotten evolved over the last decade since the landmark ruling Google…
7 March
Les coupures de l’accès à Internet en droit international Un gouvernement peut-il interdire l’accès total à l’internet? Alors que l’accès à l’internet a été reconnu…
7 March
Internet Shutdowns in International Law Can a government ban total access to the Internet? While access to the internet has been recognized as an enabler…
14 December
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression REGISTER HERE* (see instructions below)…
4 December
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression REGISTER HERE* (see instructions below)…
29 November
INSCRÍBETE AQUÍ Libertad de prensa: un asunto de género La violencia contra periodistas es una de las formas más extremas de censura que hay. Desafortunadamente…
27 November to 14 December
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Due to the massive use…
27 November
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression REGISTER HERE* (see instructions below)…
21 November
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression REGISTER HERE* (see instructions below)…
13 November
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression REGISTER HERE* (see instructions below)…
9 November
INSCRÍBETE AQUÍ Moderación de contenidos en redes sociales: ¿Quién decide qué debe estar en el Internet? La llegada de las redes sociales en Internet cambió…
6 November
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression REGISTER HERE* (see instructions below)…
30 October
Hosted by the Escola Paulista da Magistratura (São Paulo School of Judges) in cooperation with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression REGISTER HERE* (see instructions below)…
25 October
SLAPPs: nuevas herramientas para enfrentar el acoso judicial En dicha oportunidad, las/os panelistas intercambiaron sus experiencias y perspectivas en relación a los litigios estratégicos contra…
23 October
Vigilancia y periodismo: nuevos retos para la prensa en una sociedad en la nunca estamos solas/os: En este seminario se busca entender, desde una perspectiva…
20 October
Develando el Poder de la Jurisprudencia sobre Libertad de Expresión: La Base de Datos de Columbia Global Freedom of Expression y su utilidad para la…
21 September
REGISTER HERE The International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) and Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression present a two-part webinar to critically explore the emerging threats…
14 September
The International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) and Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression present a two-part webinar to critically explore the emerging threats to freedom…
4 May
Organizadores: Columbia GFoE, CPJ, CUNY’s Journalism Protection Initiative En el marco de la a Conferencia Global del Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa…
4 May
Sponsored by Columbia GFoE, ARTICLE 19 and UNESCO Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are on the rise internationally and they pose a significant threat…
4 May
Organizadores: Columbia GFoE, Cátedra UNESCO de Libertad de Expresión de la Universidad de Los Andes, Asociación Nacional de Medios de Comunicación (Asomedios) e Instituto…
4 May
Sponsored by: Columbia GFoE and Media Defence In this roundtable, moderated by Carlos Gaio, CEO of Media Defence, we will discuss the various and worrying…
3 May
Organizadores: Columbia GFoE, Oficina Regional de UNESCO en Montevideo, Social Media 4 Peace Colombia Dirección: MLK Conference Room 527, Riverside Church, Columbia University El proyecto Redes…
3 May
Organizadores: Columbia GFoE, Oficina Regional de UNESCO en Montevideo En consonancia con el próximo Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa, el evento organizado por…
3 May
Organizadores: Columbia GFoE, Oficina Regional de UNESCO en Montevideo, OBSERVACOM (Observatorio Latinoamericano de Regulación, Medios y Convergencia) Dirección: MLK Conference Room 527, Riverside Church, Columbia…
3 May
Sponsored by Columbia GFoE, Meta Oversight Board and PEN America On World Press Freedom Day, join Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, Meta Oversight Board…
3 May
Sponsored by Columbia GFoE, High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, and PEN America On World Press Freedom Day, join the High Level…
3 May
Sponsored by: Columbia GFoE and UNESCO Defenders of human rights need access to comparative law to identify common issues or trends and build their litigation…
1 May
Organizadores: Columbia GFoE, Oficina Regional de UNESCO en Montevideo, SOCOLAC (Sociedad de Corresponsales en Latinoamérica y el Caribe) En el marco de la a Conferencia…
1 May
Sponsored by Columbia GFoE, Thomson Reuters Foundation and Tow Center for Digital Journalism The Tow Center for Digital Journalism and Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF)…
1 May
The Role of Academia in Protecting Freedom of Expression as a Driver for Other Human Rights Organisers: Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, University of Liverpool,…
1 to 4 May
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2023 “Shaping a Future of Rights – Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human rights” Columbia Global…
27 April
There is broad agreement that disinformation, misinformation, threatens to distort the democratic process. But there is no consensus as to the best response —…
9 March
Freedom of expression has been theorized as an individual right in the context of print, radio and TV. The digital ecosystem, however, is challenging the…
14 October
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…
3 to 4 October
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
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
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
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…
4 May
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…
23 March
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
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
Violence against journalists and human rights defenders has been on the rise in the last decade. With this in mind, Global Freedom…
4 March
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
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
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
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 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
8 AM MEXICO CITY / 9 AM NEW YORK / 10 AM BRASILIA & QUITO/ 2 PM ABUJA / 3 PM STRASBOURG & BERLIN / …
15 October
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 and the Inter-American Human Rights System will host a conference on October…
8 to 9 October
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
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
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
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…
