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…
Government of India to Regulate OTT Platforms
The Government of India has drawn flak this year for its aggressive campaign to intensify the regulation of digital service providers, its latest target being…
Jurisprudence Relating to COVID-19
In partnership with UNESCO Columbia Global Freedom of Expression has published the following collection of case law from around the world that upheld international standards…
IBAHRI Enforcement Report: Protecting and promoting press freedom by strengthening consular support to journalists at risk
Executive Summary The importance and imperative of press freedom – and the particular salience of consular assistance in securing it – is exposed and expressed…
“The Room Where It Happened” and the Happening of Free Speech
On Tuesday June 23, 2020, booksellers across the United States and around the world were finally able to satisfy the appetite of their readers, when…
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…
NALSA Judgment: Critique of the Indian Perspective Beyond the Adams-And-Eves Worldview
This article was originally published in the Georgetown University Undergraduate Law Review and is reproduced here with permission and thanks. Fifty Eight… Beyond the man-woman…
Red-Tagging in the Philippines: The Modern McCarthyism Threatening Freedom of Expression
Introduction The practice of ‘red-tagging’ – labeling individuals or organizations as communist sympathizers or terrorists without substantial evidence – has a long and troubling history…
IBAHRI Enforcement Report: Report on the Use of Targeted Sanctions to Protect Journalists
Executive Summary Abuses of media freedom around the world are stifling speech and shredding the very fabric of democracies. As the publisher of The New…
Turkish Academics for Peace Working Group Communication on Behalf of Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel
Demanding Peace Is Not a Crime. Füsun Üstel’s Freedom Is the Freedom of Us All. We Demand: (16 July 2019) • On 7 May 2019,…