New Podcast Series! Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech
Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked death and imprisonment to express…
Special Collection on the Case Law on Freedom of Expression: African System of Human and Peoples´ Rights
The current publication provides an overview of the valuable case law developed in the African System of Human and Peoples’ Rights regarding freedom of…
Claiming Dissent: Address by Dr. Agnes Callamard at the Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prize Ceremony 2018
2018 Global Freedom of Expression Prize Ceremony Low Library, Columbia University April 25, 2018 Tonight, we are celebrating both resilience and conviction. We are…
Conflating a Journalist’s Criticism with Terrorism
Prosecutors in Turkey are hard at work putting journalists in jail for publishing articles critical of the regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, citing their…
Independence Without Accountability: The Judicial Paradox of Egypt’s Failed Transition to Democracy
Texas A&M University School of Law March 21, 2015 120 Penn State L. Rev. 101 (2016) Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research…
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom Established
On June 24, 2015, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom was founded in Leipzeg, Germany. The Centre was established by members of journalist…
Russia: Content Analysis Serves as a Tool of Biased Courts
Magomednabi Magomedov, a Salafist imam, received a five-year prison term from a military court for giving an allegedly unlawful sermon in 2016 in Dagestan. To help…
UNESCO Global Toolkit for Judicial Actors
The Toolkit addresses international legal standards on freedom of expression, access to information, and safety of journalists. Summary: Freedom of expression and access to information…