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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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The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights
London; New York: Routledge (2017), xix, 520 pp.
"The Companion is the first collection to bring together two distinct ways of thinking about human rights and media, including scholarship that examines media as a human right alongside that which looks at media coverage of human rights issues. This international collection of 49 newly written piece
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Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression: Comparative, Theoretical and Historical Reflections After the Charlie Hebdo Massacre
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2017), xix, 740 pp.
"The tension between blasphemy laws and the freedom of expression in modern times is a key area of debate within legal academia and beyond. With contributions by leading scholars, this volume compares blasphemy laws within a number of Western liberal democracies and debates the legitimacy of these l
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What if We All Governed the Internet? Advancing Multistakeholder Participation in Internet Governance
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 108 pp.
"The research in these pages covers the theory around multistakeholder participation in Internet governance through a review of relevant literature. It also analyses case studies from Kenya to Brazil, South Korea, and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which illustrate how multistakeholder approac
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A Guide to Freedom of Expression in Libya
London: Lawyers for Justice in Libya; International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 13 pp.
"The prospect of a new Libyan constitution offers an opportunity for consolidated, clear and robust legal protections for freedom of expression. However, the current Constitutional Draft contains significant legal loopholes and establishes institutions of uncertain power. The failure of the Constitu
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The Value of Freedom of Expression and Information on Countries' Human Rights Performance: A Cross-National Longitudinal Study
Deep Insights
Mass Communication & Society, volume 19, issue 3 (2016), pp. 352-376
"The current study explores the influence of communication variables on human rights protection. The effects of international and domestic mass communication and digital media were assessed among global social, economic, and political factors. The statistical analyses on a sample of 101 nation state
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Freedom of Expression and Defamation
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2016), 77 pp.
"This study examines the voluminous case law of the European Court of Human Rights (“The Court”) relating to freedom of expression and defamation. It starts by clarifying the concept of defamation and positioning it in relation to freedom of expression and public debate. It explains how defamati
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"This report outlines the international human rights standards and processes related the protection of freedom of expression and religious belief, and discusses regional trends and challenges. The nine country case studies include the stories of many people across the region struggling to defend fre
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A Shadow Over Democracy: 2016 IPI/AMI Zambia Press Freedom Mission Report
Vienna; Nairobi: International Press Institute (IPI); African Media Initiative (AMI) (2016), 23 pp.
"Voters need and deserve to hear a full range of voices as they decide their future and 'The Post' has played a vital role in providing an alternative to government-dominated mass media in Zambia. Unshackling that voice is critical if Zambians are to vote in an atmosphere that can be deemed free and
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Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2016), xiii, 248 pp.
"Contrary to dominant views within international law and institutions, it is never democratically legitimate to punish citizens solely for repulsive or dangerous viewpoints expressed within public discourse. With the controversial exception of the US, however, most states prohibit some forms of raci
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Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa, Vol. 2
Key Guides
Deep Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), xxiv, pp. 295-627
"Volume 2 of the Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa is a practical guide for journalists practising in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to impr
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Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa, Vol. 1
Key Guides
Deep Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), xxviii, 293 pp.
"Volume 1 of the Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa is a practical guide for journalists practicing in Burundi, Eritrea and Ethiopia. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to
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Liria e shprehjes dhe fyerja
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2016), 72 pp.
"Ky studim shqyrton hollësitë e jurisprudencës së Gjykatës Evropiane të të Drejtave të Njeriut për fyerjen. Ai eksploron një gamë çështjesh materiale dhe procedurore që ka marrë në shqyrtim gjykata dhe sqaron konceptin e fyerjes duke e parë në raport me lirinë e shprehjes dhe deba
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Blurring the Lines: Market-Driven and Democracy-Driven Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 206 pp.
"Blurring the Lines: Market-Driven and Democracy-Driven Freedom of Expression focuses on challenges from the market to free speech and how free speech can be protected, promoted and developed when lines between journalism and advertising are blurred. With contributions from 20 scholars in law, media
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Writing on the Wall: Disappeared Booksellers and Free Expression in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: PEN AMERICA (2016), 71 pp.
1000 Peitschenhiebe: Weil ich sage, was ich denke
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2015), 61 pp.
2015 Corporate Accountability Index
Ranking Digital Rights (2015), 77 pp.
"Ranking Digital Rights’ inaugural Corporate Accountability Index evaluates 16 of the world’s most powerful Internet and telecommunications companies on their commitments, policies, and practices that affect users’ freedom of expression and privacy. By opening the door for greater corporate tr
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Free Expression, Globalism, and the New Strategic Communication
New York: Cambridge University Press (2015), ix, 275 pp.
"Vast changes in technologies and geopolitics have produced a wholesale shift in the way states and other powerful entities think about the production and retention of popular loyalties. Strategic communication has embraced these changes as stakes increase and the techniques of information managemen
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Keystones to Foster Inclusive Knowledge Societies: Access to Information and Knowledge, Freedom of Expression, Privacy, and Ethics on a Global Internet
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 107 pp.
"UNESCO’s vision of universal Knowledge Societies builds on a free, open and trusted Internet that enables people to not only have the ability to access information resources from around the world, but to also contribute information and knowledge to local and global communities. What can UNESCO do
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