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 (4 August 2016) – A group of United Nations independent experts* today expressed deep concern about the critical health condition of prominent Chinese human rights defender Yang Maodong, known by his pen-name Guo Feixiong. They called on the Government
WASHINGTON / GENEVA (4 August 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Inter- American Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Edison Lanza, today raised the alarm about
We have introduced two new ways to conduct research into the work of the mandate. First, on this site, you can now search all freedom of expression communications that have been sent to governments since late 2010. These are the
GENEVA / VIENNA (28 July 2016) – Two top media freedom experts of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) today condemned the ongoing crackdown on journalists and the media launched by Turkish Government