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 (16 June 2016) – Three United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government of India to repeal the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), which is been increasingly used to obstruct civil society’s access to foreign funding, and
GENEVA (7 June 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today expressed his dismay at the lengthy sentences imposed on 2 June 2016 on the leadership of the Islamic
GENEVA (6 June 2016) – Two United Nations independent experts on summary executions, and on freedom of expression today urged Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to stop instigating deadly violence immediately. The experts strongly condemned Mr. Duterte’s recent statements suggesting that
GENEVA (2 June 2016) – Two United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government of Viet Nam to stop the persecution of Ms. Tran Thi Hong, who has been repeatedly arrested and tortured as retaliation for informing the