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100			_aMcGonagle Tarlach Ed.
100			_aDonders Yvonne Ed.
245			_aThe United Nations and freedom of expression and information : critical perspectives
260			_aUK _bCambridge University Press _c2018
300			_axxiv, 508p. _b24 cm.
500			_aThere 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
650			_a1. The development of freedom of expression and information within the UN: leaps and bounds or fits and starts? Tarlach McGonagle
650			_aPart I. UN Normative and Institutional Approaches to the Protection of Freedom of Expression and Information:
650			_a2. International covenant on civil and political rights: interpreting freedom of expression and information standards for the present and the future Michael O'Flaherty
650			_a3. International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights: accessibility and the right to information Yvonne Donders
650			_a4. International convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination: the prohibition of 'racist hate speech' Patrick Thornberry
650			_a5. Convention on the rights of the child: freedom of expression for children Lucy Smith
650			_a6. Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: ensuring full and equal access to information Eliza Varney
650			_a7. UNESCO: freedom of expression, information and the media Sylvie Coudray
650			_a8. The UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression: progressive development of international standards relating to freedom of expression Toby Mendel
650			_aPart II. Elected Thematic Focuses:
650			_a9. Ten challenges for the right to information in the age of mega-leaks Helen Darbishire
650			_a10. Early days: the UN, ICTs and freedom of expression Karol Jakubowicz
650			_a11. A new vision of values, accountability and mission for journalism Aidan White
650			_a12. Uprooting 'defamation of religions' and planting a new approach to freedom of expression at the UN Sejal Parmar
650			_a13. Limits to freedom of expression: lessons from counter-terrorism Martin Scheinin
650			_a14. Tacit citing: the scarcity of judicial dialogue between the global and the regional human rights mechanisms in freedom of expression cases Antoine Buyse.
650			_aFreedom of expression
650			_aUnited Nations
650			_aInternational law and human rights
650			_aFreedom of information (International law)
650			_aFreedom of information
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