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Training Manual for Judges on International Standards on Freedom of Opinion and Expression
Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2021), 123 pp.
Regardless of Frontiers: Global Freedom of Expression in a Troubled World
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New York: Columbia University Press (2021), xxiv, 409 pp.
"This volume brings together leading experts from a variety of fields to critically evaluate the extent to which global norms on freedom of expression and information have been established and which actors and institutions have contributed to their diffusion. The contributors also consider ongoing a
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SDG 16 Data Initiative Report 2021. Impact of the Pandemic on Measuring Progress Towards SDG 16: Looking Forward, Tackling Obstacles
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);Governance Data Alliance;International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA);Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO);World Justice Project (WJP) (2021), 81 pp.
"Chapter 1, by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), presents an overview of indicators from the Global State of Democracy Indices, which provide complementary indicators to measure progress on SDG Targets 16.3; 16.5, on reducing corruption and brib
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Addressing Hate Speech and Racism in the Media in the Southern Mediterranean: A Review of Formal and Informal Regulatory Approaches
MedMedia (2018), 46 pp.
"This report looks at media practices and regulatory tools that are available to address hate speech and racism in the media, with a focus on eight countries, namely Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. The first part looks at regulatory approaches to addressing these pro
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Concentration of Media Ownership and Freedom of Expression: Global Standards and Implications for the Americas
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 33 pp.
"The idea of rules limiting concentration of media ownership is often cast by media owners as a restriction on their right to freedom of expression. Unfortunately, the behaviour of States in Latin America has often lent support to this perspective, especially when States abuse for political ends the
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Report of the International Mission to Nepal for Promoting Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists
Nepal International Media Partnership (NIMP);International Media Support (IMS) (2016), 25 pp.
"The primary objective of the 2015 NIMP Mission was to provide technical inputs to activities underway under UNESCO’s Safety of Journalists project, particularly in terms of setting up an independent national mechanism on safety at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Another key objective
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Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe
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Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2015), x, 552 pp.
"This is a book about free speech narratives. Stories about how imagination and rational thinking in wildly different cultures capture, imagine, and conceptualize what freedom of speech means. 1989 and 2011 are only two recent (in historic perspective) turning points when freedom of speech and freed
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The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information: Critical Perspectives
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2015), xxiv, 508 pp.
"There are a multitude of UN legal instruments which pertain to the rights of freedom of expression and information, and this book is the first to comprehensively map them and their function. It details the chequered history of both rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of the sy
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Handbook on International Standards and Media Law in the Arab World
Halifax; Brussels: Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2013), 64 pp.
"International law provides robust general protection for freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, and this has been subject to detailed elaboration by international human rights courts and other official bodies tasked with promoting human rights globally and regionally. For the media,
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Tuning Into Development: International Comparative Survey of Community Broadcasting Regulation
Paris: UNESCO (2013), 88 pp.
"This report maps the complex legislative frameworks of community broadcasters in more than 30 countries. It examines how the sector can be strengthened in line with international standards and provides analysis and recommendations that may be of interest to donors and policy makers as they set prio
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Global Right to Information Update: An Analysis by Region
Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet) (2013), 91 pp.
"The Update reveals that the challenges faced by advocates, and the campaigning tactics used in each region, are at times remarkably similar. National civil society coalitions, for example, are mentioned by many authors as having made a central contribution to campaigns. In other cases, challenges d
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Does International Law Provide for Consistent Rules on Hate Speech?
In: The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
Michael Herz; Peter Molnar (eds.)
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 417-429
Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression
Paris: UNESCO (2012), 142 pp.
"This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The publication maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint
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The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
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Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), xxiv, 544 pp.
"The contributors to this volume consider whether it is possible to establish carefully tailored hate speech policies that are cognizant of the varying traditions, histories, and values of different countries. Throughout, there is a strong comparative emphasis, with examples (and authors) drawn from
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Public Service Broadcasting: A Comparative Legal Survey
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed., revised and updated (2011), ix, 96 pp.
"This book explores the legal and regulatory systems governing public service broadcasters in eight different countries around the world, looking at the services they provide, the way in which their mandates are defined, their internal governance systems, mechanisms of oversight or accountability an
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Assessment of Media Development in Egypt: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators
Cairo: UNESCO (2011), 36 pp.
Assessment of Media Development in Timor Leste: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators
Paris: UNESCO (2011), 45 pp.
Freedoms in Iraq: An Increasingly Repressive Legal Net
Washington, DC: IREX;Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2011), 41 pp.
"This report reviews five pieces of legislation affecting the freedoms of assembly and expression that have been introduced in recent years in Iraq. Of these, only one, the Journalists Rights Law (Journalist Law), has actually been passed into law, in August 2011. The other four – the draft Commis
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