UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression
This report focuses on the freedom of opinion and expression aspects of academic freedom.
This research report provides an overview of the human rights law framework applicable to artistic freedom of expression, highlights contemporary threat and provides recommendations for States, private actors and civil society.
The report is written with a sense of urgency about the kinds of steps that are necessary and appropriate to protect everyone’s right to freedom of opinion and expression during this and any future pandemic.
The present report explains how international human rights standards provide a framework for Governments considering regulatory options and companies determining how to respect human rights online.
This new report examines the problem of targeted surveillance and the regulation of the public-private collaboration in the sale, transfer, use and after-sales support of surveillance technologies.
GENEVA (17 January 2018) – United Nations human rights experts* urged the Turkish Government not to extend the exceptional legal measures it has taken under its declared state of emergency, due to expire on 19 January. Since the attempted coup
GENEVA (5 January 2018) – Demands by protesters in Iran for freedom and adequate living standards must be addressed and their rights respected, UN human rights experts* have stated. Four Special Rapporteurs expressed extreme concern over the reported deaths of
GENEVA (2 January 2018) – Top United Nations human rights experts* have deplored Saudi Arabia’s continued use of counter-terrorism and security-related laws against human rights defenders, urging it to end the repression and release all those detained for peacefully exercising
GENEVA (21 December 2017) – Myanmar must ensure that journalists can operate freely and safely, UN human rights specialists* have urged, after two Reuters journalists were detained in what has been described as a widening crackdown in the country. “We