Report on Digital Rights in Venezuela, 2024
Digital Rights Venezuela 2024, published by the Digital Human Rights Monitor of the Movimiento Vinotinto Civil Association in December 2024, explains how Venezuela’s political and…
Political Speech and Expression (Terms and Conditions Apply): The Fine Print of Free Expression in Hong Kong’s New National Security Law
In this article, Sarthak Gupta, Legal Researcher and Editor at CGFoE, outlines how, within the past five years, the National Security Law in Hong Kong…
Critical Expressions and Self-Censorship
This year marks twenty years since I stepped down as Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression at the Organization of American States, a position I…
The SRFOE publishes updated edition of the “Inter-American Legal Framework on the Right to Freedom of Expression”
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has published an updated version of…
Psychological First Aid Manual for Civil Society
Movimiento Vinotinto, a human rights NGO based in Venezuela, published a report on the psychological impact of Venezuela’s crackdown on dissent. Within the context of…
Humor and the Meaning of ‘Context’: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ECtHR Jurisprudence
This post originally appeared on Strasbourg Observers and is reproduced here with permission and thanks. I. Introduction As famously stated in Vereinigung Bildender Künstler v. Austria, ‘satire…
Results of the Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Survey – July 2025
On June 13, 2025, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (CGFoE) launched a survey through its newsletter and social media platforms to gain insight into how…
Factsheet on Chilling Effect on Freedom of Expression: Regional Human Rights Courts Perspective
Factsheet on Chilling Effect on Freedom of Expression: Regional Human Rights Courts Perspective Prepared by Anderson J. Dirocie De León, Senior Legal and Policy Consultant;…
Portraits of FoE Defenders: Interview with Maria Ressa – “It’s an Information Armageddon”
As part of CGFoE’s interview series “Portraits of FoE Defenders,” we are featuring one of the world’s most prominent journalists and press freedom advocates: Maria…
Interview With Former Judge Daniela Salazar Marín: “Invoking International Standards Is Not a Matter of Chance”
In this interview, former Judge Daniela Salazar Marín reflects on how Ecuador’s Constitutional Court transformed the protection of freedom of expression, integrating international standards with…