Freedom of Expression in Thailand During 2016
It is more than two years since the military seized control in Thailand and established a military junta called the National Council for Peace and…
Department of Health v. Information Commissioner and Rt Hon John Healey MP and Nicholas Cecil
The U.K. First-Tier Tribunal of the General Regulatory Chamber for Information Rights held that a Transitional Risk Register (“TRR”), relating to sweeping changes to the country’s National Health System (“NHS”), should be disclosed under The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) but that a Strategic Risk Register, relating to the changes, was exempt from disclosure. The court found that a public authority must release risk registers evaluating health policy if the request is made when policy consultation and formulation has been largely completed, but not during a period of consultation and when the register includes more sensitive policy information. In the present case, the Court ruled in favor of the public interest in transparency because at the time of the TRR request, the Report largely covered operational and implementation risks being faced by the Department of Health (“DOH”), rather than direct policy considerations. On the other hand, the Court found that the public interest in the Government having safe space to formulate policy took precedence at the time of the SRR request because the request was made at a time when the government was engaged in ongoing policy deliberations.
An interview with Agnès Callamard: The way forward
This interview was conducted by Sara Whyatt for IFEX on 11 November 2016. The interview was originally published on IFEX.org. Sara Whyatt: You have had…
Working Paper: Does Freedom of Expression Cause Less Terrorism?
This paper was first published by The Future of Free Speech. It has been reproduced here with permission and thanks. Overview It is often assumed…
Rights Groups in Pakistan File Petition for Public Hearing on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015
Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, first proposed by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology last April in an effort to update…
2016 Freedom of Expression Trends in Russia and Kazakhstan
This report provides an overview of freedom of expression developments in Russia and Kazakhstan in 2016 by analyzing a select, but diverse, set of cases…
Call for Papers: UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2023 Academic Conference
The Role of Academia in Protecting Freedom of Expression as a Driver for Other Human Rights Location: MLK Conference Room 527, located in Riverside Church,…
Bolsonaro v. Party Coalition “O povo feliz de novo”
Court case strengthens workers’ right to keep correspondence private
By Emil Weber The case of a Romanian who was sacked from his office job in Bucharest has created stronger privacy protection standards, thanks to…