Ending Impunity: Upholding the Rule of Law
Keynote address delivered on the occasion of the 1st International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (November 2nd, 2014). United Nations Headquarters, New…
Sanoma Uitgevers B.V. v. The Netherlands
“Hashtag Palestine 2018”: Digital Rights of Palestinians Between Restrictive Legislations and the Complicity of Internet Companies
This report was originally published by the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media and is republished here with permission and thanks. 7amleh –…
The “Sugary Drinks” Decision and European Roma Rights Centre Are Awarded 2018 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes
NEW YORK, N.Y. (April 23, 2018) — The 2018 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes will go to the Constitutional Court of Colombia and the European Roma…
The Florida Star v. B. J. F.
On June 21, 1989, the Supreme Court of the United States held that imposing damages on a newspaper for publishing an article detailing the facts…
Loopholes in Election advertising on Facebook and Instagram in Brazil
This article was written and published on 14 February 2022 by Tow Fellow Patricia Campos Mello for Folha De S.Paulo and was translated from Portuguese to English for…
Maytham Al Salman’s participation at the 2016 Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Conference
Kablis v. Russia: prior restraint of online campaigning for a peaceful, but unauthorised demonstration violated Article 10 ECHR
This post originally appeared on the Strasbourg Observers blog and is reproduced with permission and thanks On 30 April 2019, in Kablis v. Russia, the European Court’s…
Something‘s Rotten: How Denmark Is Criminalizing Blasphemy Through Hate Speech Law
February 14th marked the first anniversary of the deadly attack against a free speech debate in Copenhagen, which left one person dead. This individual was killed by an Islamist seemingly intent on…