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 (14 November 2017) – The recent arrests and detention of two political opponents on fabricated grounds is another demonstration of the cyclical system of oppression in Belarus, according to Miklós Haraszti, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
GENEVA (13 November 2017) – A group of United Nations experts* has condemned the use of terrorism charges against human rights defenders and people legitimately expressing dissent in Turkey. The experts highlighted a number of cases of concern, including the
This blog post is the preface for Luca Belli and Nicolo Zingales (Forthcoming). Platform Regulations. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, to be presented at the Internet Governance Forum 2018. 2017 presented increasingly difficult challenges
GENEVA (6 November 2017) – A group of UN experts has urged Hong Kong to honour its human rights commitments towards three leading democracy activists when they appeal against their criminal convictions on 7 November. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and