The United Nations and freedom of expression and information : critical perspectives /

"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 rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McGonagle, Tarlach (Editor ), Donders, Yvonne (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
United Nations.
United Nations
Conference on Disarmament
Freedom of expression.
Freedom of information (International law)
International law and human rights.
Liberté d'expression.
Liberté d'information (Droit international)
Droit international et droits de l'homme.
LAW > International.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Freedom of expression
International law and human rights
Informationsfreiheit
Meinungsfreiheit
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Nigel Rodley
  • The development of freedom of expression and information within the UN: leaps and bounds or fits and starts? / Tarlach McGonagle
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : interpreting freedom of expression and information standards for the present and the future / Michael O'Flaherty
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : accessibility and the right to information / Yvonne Donders
  • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination : the prohibition of 'racist hate speech' / Patrick Thornberry
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child : freedom of expression for children / Lucy Smith
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : ensuring full and equal access to information / Eliza Varney
  • UNESCO : freedom of expression, information and the media / Sylvie Coudray
  • The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression : progressive development of international standards relating to freedom of expression / Toby Mendel
  • Ten challenges for the right to information in the age of mega-leaks / Helen Darbishire
  • Early days : the UN, ICTs and freedom of expression / Karol Jakubowicz
  • A new vision of values, accountability and mission for journalism / Aidan White
  • Uprooting 'defamation of religions' and planting a new approach to freedom of expression at the United Nations / Sejal Parmar
  • Limits to freedom of expression : lessons from counter-terrorism / Martin Scheinin
  • Tacit citing : the scarcity of judicial dialogue between the global and the regional human rights mechanisms in freedom of expression cases / Antoine Buyse
  • Appendix. Human rights Committee General Comment No. 34 : Article 19 : freedoms of opinion and expression, UN Doc. CCPR/C/GC/32, 12 September 2011.

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