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 (19 January 2016) – United Nations human rights experts today welcomed the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s release of four Iranian-Americans and called on Tehran to pave the way for the release of all remaining detainees unlawfully
I have been in Oslo for the past day in order to celebrate the Norwegian Government’s launch of a new strategy that puts freedom of expression at the center of its human rights policy. My colleague in the OSCE, Dunja
GENEVA (11 January 2016) – The United Kingdom’s draft Investigatory Powers bill could, if adopted in its present form, threaten the rights to freedoms of expression and association both inside and outside the country, a group of United Nations human
I participated today in a meeting at the United Nations organized by the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council. The focus was “on preventing and combatting abuse of ICT for terrorist purposes.” Despite the description, there was considerable nuance, with