Freedom of expression
An overview of the multi-faceted right to freedom of expression and how it is protected under international law.
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Digital rights
Understanding digital rights is crucial to protecting human rights, as little of our lives today is immune from the forces of technology and the internet.
Restricting Internet access & online content
An overview of the ways in which access to the internet and online content are restricted around the world.
Defamation & reputation
An overview of freedom of expression issues in the law, including how defamation is treated in domestic and international law.
Privacy, security & data protection
An overview of the right to privacy, data protection, and protecting freedom of expression in a digital world.
Cybercrimes
Describes the different types of cybercrimes, tracks the trends, and evaluates how cybercrimes are dealt with in international law.
Hate speech
An overview of hate speech and how it is dealt with both under domestic and international law.
Censorship by private actors
An overview of the ways in which access to content and freedom of expression online are restricted by private actors.
False news, misinformation & propaganda
An overview of false news, misinformation and propaganda, including causes and potential solutions..
Litigating freedom of expression
An overview of the various rights and concepts which encompass digital rights.
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Explaining the Issues: The Right to be Forgotten
In our Explaining the Issues series, we explain legal issues faced by the media – this instalment covers the right to be forgotten.
Partners: How Human Rights Platform Has Used Strategic Litigation to Defend Press Freedom in Ukraine
Digital Rights Advocates: Interview with Rwandan Lawyer Louis Gitinywa
Explaining the Issues: Internet Shutdowns
In our Explaining the Issues series, we explain legal issues faced by the media – this instalment covers internet shutdowns.
Media Defence Announces First Round of Funded Partners Working On Digital Rights in Africa
Defending the Media in Satire Cases: Factsheet
Despite such strong support for the protections which should be afforded to satire and the satirist, there is little case law which deals with the subject directly – at least in the international legal sphere – other than a handful of cases heard before the ECtHR.
Defending the Media in Defamation Cases: Factsheet
Defamation can be described in a number of ways – but is broadly understood as the communication of a false statement that unjustly causes harm or detriment to legal or natural person’s reputation.