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Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, there are governments and individuals in positions of power around the globe that threaten this right. A number of freedoms fall under the category of freedom of expression. Freedom of the media is under attack in ...
Our work. UN Human Rights works to ensure the respect of freedom of religion or belief, the prohibition of incitement to religious hatred, and the celebration of diversity in society. The core of our contribution centers around two initiatives. The first is the Rabat Plan of Action, which considers the distinction between freedom of expression ...
Irene Khan was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression in June 2020 and is the first woman to hold this mandate. An internationally recognized advocate for human rights, gender equality and social justice, she was Secretary-General of Amnesty International from 2001 to 2009 and Director-General of the ...
The freedoms of opinion and expression form a basis for the full enjoyment of a wide range of other human rights. For instance, freedom of expression is integral to the enjoyment of the rights to freedom of assembly and association, and the exercise of the right to vote. Taking account of the specific terms of article 19, paragraph 1, as well ...
The Rabat Plan of Action suggests a high threshold for defining restrictions on freedom of expression, incitement to hatred, and for the application of article 20 of the ICCPR. It outlines a six-part threshold test taking into account (1) the social and political context, (2) status of the speaker, (3) intent to incite the audience against a ...
The right to freedom of association involves the right of individuals to interact and organize among themselves to collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests. This includes the right to form trade unions. Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association serve as a vehicle for the exercise of many other rights guaranteed ...
the right of everyone to freedom of expression in a way that is not provided for in paragraph 3. Many State reports confine. hemselves to mentioning that freedom of expression is guaranteed under the Constitution or the law. However, in order to know the precise regime of freedom of expression in law and in practice, the Committee needs in ...
21.21 Number and proportion of persons working as journalists who are persons with disabilities, disaggregated by sex, age, disability, type of media (e.g. TV, radio, etc.), and its ownership (public or private) 21.22 Proportion of diferent linguistic population groups having access to media broadcasts in their own language, disaggregated by ...
Freedom of opinion and expression. In this report, the Special Rapporteur examines critical contemporary challenges to freedom of expression, based on a survey of their communications to UN member States. Organized around the legal framework set forth by international human rights law, the report evaluates misuses and abuses of the grounds for ...
Article 1 of the UDHR states: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”. Freedom from discrimination, set out in Article 2, is what ensures this equality. Non-discrimination cuts across all international human rights law. This principle is present in all major human rights treaties. It also provides the central theme ...