The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information
Critical Perspectives
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The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information
Critical Perspectives
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Frontispiece
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- Dedication and appreciation
- Notes on contributors
- Foreword
- List of acronyms and abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The development of freedom of expression and information within the UN: leaps and bounds or fits and starts?
- Part I UN normative and institutional approaches to the protection of freedom of expression and information
- Part II Selected thematic focuses
- Appendix: Human Rights Committee General Comment No. 34:Article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression, UN Doc. CCPR/C/GC/34, 2 September 2011: 102nd Session, Geneva, 11-29 July 2011
- Index