Court backs prosecutor over interview alleging corruption – and he gets his money back
By Emil Weber A European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment has backed a former prosecutor on his comments made in the press alleging corruption in the…
Interview with Viviana Krsticevic on Violations of Women’s Rights in Iran
Viviana Krsticevic is the Executive Director of the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), a civil society organization that works throughout the Americas to…
2024 CGFoE Prize Ceremony, Keynote Speech by Elena Kostyuchenko
Keynote Address by Elena Kostyuchenko at the 2024 CGFoE Prize Ceremony April 25, 2024 Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York City Watch Elena Kostyuchenko speak…
CGFoE’s Senior Legal and Policy Advisor Anderson Dirocie Publishes Opinion Piece on Bias-Motivated Police Repression of Peaceful Protests in the Dominican Republic on International Women’s Day
On March 8, International Women’s Day, police forces in the Dominican Republic violently attempted to repress a peaceful demonstration advocating for gender equality and…
Guide to ECHR Article 10: Freedom of Expression
This document was originally published by the European Court of Human Rights and can be found here. Introduction A. Methodology Given the extensive case-law developed…
Portraits of FoE Defenders: Interview with Nevena Krivokapić Martinović on Price Moot and Digital Rights
This week, as part of our new interview series, “Portraits of FoE Defenders,” Marija Šajkaš, CGFoE’s Senior Communications Manager, speaks to media lawyer Nevena Krivokapić…
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…
The Human Rights Centre of Ghent University’s Third Party Intervention in “Conchita Wurst case”
Following is a re-post of a blog published by the Strasbourg Observers The Human Rights Centre of Ghent University[1] has recently submitted a third party intervention in the…
Belgium: Bill for the Transposition of the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive
This blog was originally published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory and is reproduced with permission and thanks. IRIS 2025-3:1/10 On 26…
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…