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Ecuador: UN rights experts condemn the ‘legal death’ of a prominent teachers association

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27 Sep 2016

GENEVA (27 September 2016) – A group* of United Nations human rights experts today condemned the use of the domestic legislation in Ecuador to dissolve the National Union of Teachers (UNE), the...

Jordan / Freedom of expression: UN rights expert condemns killing of journalist Nahed Hattar

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Published Date

27 Sep 2016

GENEVA (27 September 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today condemned the killing of Nahed Hattar, a prominent Jordanian journalist and...

A/71/373: Report on contemporary challenges to freedom of expression

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Thematic reports

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Published Date

06 Sep 2016

In this report, the Special Rapporteur examines critical contemporary challenges to freedom of expression, based on a survey of their communications to UN member States. Organized around the legal framework set forth by international human rights law, the report evaluates misuses and abuses of the grounds for legitimate limitations of freedom of expression.