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UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression

[NEW!] Call for Submissions: The Surveillance Industry and Human Rights

Over the next year, the Special Rapporteur will study State and business responsibilities to limit the export and use of surveillance technologies to undermine fundamental rights. Click here to engage in our study.

Mapping the Impact of #AI on Freedom of Expression

Artificial Intelligence is deeply embedded in today's information environment. How should the design and use of AI to curate, analyze and share information protect our rights to freedom of opinion and expression?

Report on #FREEDEX and platform content regulation

Social media has changed and shaped the ways in which we express ourselves, seek and receive information, and communicate with each other. How should human rights standards apply on these platforms?

Access to Information in International Organizations

The workings of international organizations, including the United Nations, are deeply opaque to most people. How should they open up to the public?

#FREEDEX and the Internet and Telecommunications Access Industry

The Internet is at a crossroads. Thousands of new users are connected daily. But users are also facing unprecedented levels of censorship and surveillance online. What can digital access providers do to protect their users?

UN experts urge Ghana to ensure justice for murdered journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela

GENEVA (15 February 2019) – Ghana must ensure an independent, prompt and transparent investigation into the killing of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, say UN human rights experts*. “We call on the authorities in Ghana to ensure that the perpetrators of

Chechnya: UN experts urge action after reports of renewed persecution of lesbian, gay and bisexual people

GENEVA (13 February 2019) – Russia must act urgently to protect the rights of people who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay or bisexual in Chechnya, and investigate allegations of human rights abuses including two reported deaths, say

UK must stop disproportionate use of security laws after conviction of Stansted 15, say UN rights experts

GENEVA (6 February 2019) – UN human rights experts* are urging the UK not to use security and terrorism-related legislation to prosecute peaceful protesters, following the conviction of the so-called Stansted 15, who took action at the airport in south-east

Singapore must ensure fundamental rights for all after conviction of Jolovan Wham, say UN experts

GENEVA (29 January 2019) – UN rights experts* are urging the Government of Singapore to ensure fundamental freedoms of expression and assembly for all after the conviction of human rights defender Jolovan Wham. “This is clearly neither a necessary nor