TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGonagle Tarlach Ed.
AU  - Donders Yvonne Ed.
TI  - The United Nations and freedom of expression and information : critical perspectives
SN  - 9781107083868
U1  - 342.727 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - UK
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - 1. The development of freedom of expression and information within the UN: leaps and bounds or fits and starts? Tarlach McGonagle
KW  - Part I. UN Normative and Institutional Approaches to the Protection of Freedom of Expression and Information
KW  - 2. International covenant on civil and political rights: interpreting freedom of expression and information standards for the present and the future Michael O'Flaherty
KW  - 3. International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights: accessibility and the right to information Yvonne Donders
KW  - 4. International convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination: the prohibition of 'racist hate speech' Patrick Thornberry
KW  - 5. Convention on the rights of the child: freedom of expression for children Lucy Smith
KW  - 6. Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: ensuring full and equal access to information Eliza Varney
KW  - 7. UNESCO: freedom of expression, information and the media Sylvie Coudray
KW  - 8. The UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression: progressive development of international standards relating to freedom of expression Toby Mendel
KW  - Part II. Elected Thematic Focuses
KW  - 9. Ten challenges for the right to information in the age of mega-leaks Helen Darbishire
KW  - 10. Early days: the UN, ICTs and freedom of expression Karol Jakubowicz
KW  - 11. A new vision of values, accountability and mission for journalism Aidan White
KW  - 12. Uprooting 'defamation of religions' and planting a new approach to freedom of expression at the UN Sejal Parmar
KW  - 13. Limits to freedom of expression: lessons from counter-terrorism Martin Scheinin
KW  - 14. Tacit citing: the scarcity of judicial dialogue between the global and the regional human rights mechanisms in freedom of expression cases Antoine Buyse
KW  - Freedom of expression
KW  - United Nations
KW  - International law and human rights
KW  - Freedom of information (International law)
KW  - Freedom of information
N1  - There are a multitude of UN legal instruments which pertain to the rights of freedom of expression and information, and this book is the first to comprehensively map them and their function. It details the chequered history of both of these rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of the system for overcoming contemporary challenges and threats to the rights. Leading scholars address key issues, such as how the rights to freedom of expression and information can come into conflict with other human rights and with public policy goals, such as counter-terrorism. The book's institutional focus comprises five international treaties, UNESCO and the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression. Relevant for academics, lawyers, policy-makers and civil society actors, it also examines how new communication technologies have prompted fresh thinking about the substance and scope of the rights to freedom of expression and information.

    Maps in detail the vast body of UN standards and mechanisms that are relevant for the protection and promotion of the rights to freedom of expression and information
    Explores the relationship between the rights to freedom of expression and information, and other human rights
    Examines a selection of urgent and emergent themes that are prompting fresh thinking about the substance and scope of the rights to freedom of expression and information
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