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 (27 September 2016) – A group* of United Nations human rights experts today condemned the use of the domestic legislation in Ecuador to dissolve the National Union of Teachers (UNE), the largest teachers trade union in the country. The
My team and I are conducting a study to identify whether UN departments, programs, funds, and specialized agencies, as well as other international/inter-governmental organizations (IOs), have “access to information” policies, and if so, what those policies provide. To assist us
MOGADISHU/GENEVA (4 September 2016) – A UN report on freedom of expression in Somalia released Sunday describes progress in state-building in Somalia, but also shows the very challenging environment that continues to confront journalists, human rights defenders and political leaders,
GENEVA (31 August 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today called on the Sudanese authorities to drop charges carrying the death sentence brought against six people linked to a prominent Khartoum-based organisation, Training and Human Development