ApTI: Legislative and Jurisprudential Guidelines for Internet Freedom
Introduction The Internet has significantly changed our lives in the past years in many areas, including the way we access and publish information. But most…
Unity, honesty, dialogue, and compassion can overcome violent extremism
Dear friends and colleagues, The horrific events that occurred this past weekend underscore the importance, urgency, and necessity to intensify efforts to respond to and…
Military Electoral Authoritarianism in Egypt
Texas A&M University School of Law July 18, 2016 Forthcoming, Elections Law Journal (Spring 2017) Abstract: Authoritarian regimes hold elections not to democratize, but to…
Columbia University Launches Freedom of Expression Digital Teaching Portal
New York, N.Y. (Mar. 28, 2019) — Columbia Global Freedom of Expression has launched a new teaching portal Freedom of Expression Without Frontiers, in partnership with 10 Universities and…
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…
Litigation Developments in Tunisia 2015
Brief View on General Context Throughout 2015 Tunisia continued to mark progress in the area of human rights, rule of law and transitional justice. Promotion…
SLAPPs’ 5 W’s: a background of the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Following the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, a group of European MEPs is calling on the EU Commission to promote an anti-SLAPP EU…
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…
NAAG Supports Creation of Partnership to Support Prosecution of Crimes Against Journalists
Recent unsettling events in the United States have reminded us that protecting journalists and safeguarding enshrined principles like freedom of the press and expression are…