Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter
16 11 2019Comments : Leave a Comment »
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The European Court of Human Rights and the right to privacy in the workplace, Bărbulescu and Lopez Ribalda – Peter Coe
15 11 2019
In November I will be Chairing a panel on Data Rights and the Rule of Law at the Information Law and Policy Centre’s Annual Conference at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. This got me thinking about data protection, privacy and the Rule of Law more generally. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Article 8, Communications Law, Peter Coe
Categories : Human Rights, Privacy, Surveillance
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter
10 11 2019Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Read the rest of this entry »
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Case Law, Strasbourg: Szurovecz v. Hungary, Denying journalist access to asylum-seeker ‘reception centre’ violated Article 10 – Dirk Voorhoof and Ronan Ó Fathaigh
6 11 2019
In Szurovecz v. Hungary, the European Court of Human Rights has held that a refusal to grant a journalist access to an asylum-seeker ‘reception centre’ in Hungary violated his right to freedom of expression under Article 10 ECHR. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Article 10, Ronan Ó Fathaigh and Dirk Voorhoof, Strasbourg Observers
Categories : Freedom of expression, Human Rights, Journalism
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter
3 11 2019Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Read the rest of this entry »
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Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter
30 10 2019Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Read the rest of this entry »
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Freedom of thought is under attack: here’s how to save your mind – Simon McCarthy-Jones
22 10 2019
Freedom of thought stands at a critical crossroads. Technological and psychological advances could be used to promote free thought. They could shield our inner worlds, reduce our mental biases, and create new spaces for thought. Yet states and corporations are forging these advances into weapons that restrict what we think. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Freedom of Thought, Simon McCarthy-Jones, The Conversation
Categories : Human Rights, Legal
Case Law, Strasbourg: Gürbüz and Bayar v. Turkey, Dangerous “triple pirouette” to find criminal prosecution for media coverage of PKK statements did not violate Article 10 – Ronan Ó Fathaigh and Dirk Voorhoof
17 10 2019
The European Court’s Second Section recently found that criminal proceedings against the owner and the editor of a newspaper for having published statements by the leader of a terrorist organisation were justified and did not violate the right to freedom of expression. Read the rest of this entry »
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Case Law: Dulgheriu v The London Borough of Ealing, The line between legitimate protest and anti-social behaviour – Rosalind English
2 09 2019
Public order cases involving protests have always sparked controversy, with the collision between the state’s responsibility to ensure the smooth running of civil society and the individual citizen’s right to draw attention to what they regard as a pressing moral concern. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Abortion Rights, freedom of assembly, Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog
Categories : Freedom of expression, Harassment, Human Rights, Injunction
Case Law, Strasbourg: Brzeziński v. Poland: Fine over ‘false’ information during election campaign violated Article 10 – Ronan Ó Fathaigh
16 08 2019
On 25 July 2019, the European Court of Human Rights delivered an important judgment in Brzeziński v. Poland, (available only in French) concerning a provision in Poland’s election law which allows a court, within 24 hours, to consider whether ‘untrue information’ has been published, and to issue an order prohibiting its further distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Caselaw, Freedom of expression, Human Rights
