Human Rights 365: Every Right, Every Day, for Every One
Article published December 10, 2014 in The Daily Star, Lebanon. [1] On December 10, we celebrate international human rights day. This year’s theme – Human Rights…
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…
Global Trends and Cases in Global Freedom of Expression and Information
I was asked to reflect on ‘important’ cases in the last year or so – and to indicate why they’re important; to indicate trends; and…
U.S. First Amendment: Limits and Opportunities of the U.S. Information Regime
1. Most important first amendment case law in recent years, and why? (Explain how you would define important.) Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 561 U.S.…
U.S. First Amendment: Opportunities and Challenges
The First Amendment (and the rest of the Bill of Rights) was ratified in 1791, but largely ignored by the U.S. Supreme Court for 128…
South Korea: Litigating on the Free Flow of Information
1. Most important 5 case laws and why? A. Online Real-Name Case, Constitutional Court of Korea, 2010 Honma 47, Aug. 23, 2012 [invalidating the Act…
India: Freedom of Speech Overview
Malaysia and South East Asia: Freedom of Expression and Information
General overview of South East Asia – a region of approximately 600 million people Table 1 No Country Legal System 1 Malaysia English common law/personal…
Kazakhstan: Recent Freedom of Expression and Information Cases
Case 1 – Suspension of publications based on mistakes in imprint information Facts Alia Ismagulova, 22, is the editor and publisher of Pravdivaya gazeta (Newspaper…
A Review of the European Court’s Freedom of Expression Cases in 2013
Introduction The European Court of Human Rights issued 916 judgments on the merits during its 2013 term. While this number may seem quite high, half…