Call for Applications: West Africa Freedom of Expression & Digital Rights Litigation Workshop
Call for Applications: West Africa Freedom of Expression & Digital Rights Litigation Workshop 3 – 7 September in Lagos, Nigeria The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) is calling for applications from English-speaking lawyers based in countries that are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)[1] to participate in a forthcoming litigation workshop […]
Call for Applications: East Africa Digital Rights & Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Workshop
East Africa Digital Rights & Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Workshop 3 – 6 April 2018, Nairobi, Kenya The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) is calling for applications from lawyers based in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to participate in a forthcoming litigation workshop on the right to online freedom of expression, digital rights […]
Call for Consultants: Researcher to draft legal training manual
The Media Legal Defence Initiative is organising a four-day litigation and advocacy workshop in The Gambia in November 2017, and is seeking a researcher to assist in drafting a training manual that will be used in the delivery of this training. Training Manual on ECOWAS Community Court of Justice MLDI will be holding a training […]
Defamation defence manual launched in four new languages
Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and the International Press Institute (IPI) today announced the publication of their reference manual on defamation laws in Europe in four additional languages. The manual, which summarises European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation, is now available in Greek, Turkish, Italian and Russian. “Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Defamation” is intended to […]
12 Lawyers graduate Media Defence East Africa Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery in Kampala, Uganda
12 lawyers from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda completed a four-day legal training on freedom of expression in East Africa, between 7 and 11 August 2016. The workshop was hosted by the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) in partnership with the Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (HRNJ-U) and the law firm WilmerHale. Participants were trained on […]
Call for Applications: East Africa Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery
Call for Applications: East Africa Freedom of Expression Litigation Surgery 8 – 11 August 2016, Kampala, Uganda The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) is pleased to announce that it is calling for applications from lawyers based in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi to participate in a forthcoming litigation surgery on the right to freedom […]
Call for applications – litigation workshop
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION LITIGATION WORKSHOP JOHANNESBURG 16 – 18 SEPTEMBER 2015 The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) will hold a litigation workshop on the right to freedom of expression for lawyers working in Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The workshop, to be held in Johannesburg on 16, 17 and 18 […]
Manual on European Defamation Law
The Media Legal Defence Initiative and the International Press Institute have today published a powerful new tool for defending the European media’s right to report on matters of public interest. A comprehensive reference and training manual for lawyers and journalists on European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation, “Freedom of Expression, […]