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The Government of Morocco has undertaken two important initiatives in its efforts to improve transparency and governance in the Kingdom: The adoption of the Draft Law Regarding the Right to Access Information (the Draft Law) and the joining of the Open Government Partnership.
Both of these...
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November, 21 2017
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Article 19
The protection of reputation – the esteem in which one is held by society - is an important social purpose. Defamation laws, while aiming to suppress or redress harms to reputation resulting from speech – whether spoken aloud, distributed in print, broadcast, or otherwise publicly communicated –...
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April, 04 2016
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Article 19
Freedom of expression and privacy are mutually reinforcing rights – all the more so in the digital age. Both are essential foundations for open and democratic societies, and among the basic conditions for its progress, and for each individual’s self-fulfilment. For democracy, accountability and...
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March, 07 2017
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Article 19
In February 2017, ARTICLE 19 reviewed the Tunisian Draft Organic Law Related to the Elimination of Violence against Women (Draft Law) for its compliance with international freedom of expression standards. The Draft Law was initiated by the Tunisian Ministry of Women, Family and Children and was...
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March, 07 2017
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Article 19
The Internet was designed to enable the free flow of information; however, technical measures restricting access to content are now worryingly commonplace in authoritarian and democratic countries alike. Whereas the Great Firewall of China used to be the most extreme example of how repressive...
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December, 05 2016
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Article 19
In September 2013, ARTICLE 19 examined the Draft Law No 31.13 on the Right of Access to Information of Morocco (Draft Law). This is the second time in less than six months that ARTICLE 19 has analysed draft legislation on the right to information from Morocco. In April 2013, ARTICLE 19 published...
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September, 27 2013
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Article 19
Egypt’s 2014 constitution provides guarantees for freedom of expression, and Egypt has ratified international treaties committing itself to international standards for free expression. But Egyptian law allows for many restrictions on free expression, some of which are not in conformity with those...
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November, 01 2014
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Article 19
In view of the forthcoming debate on the new draft constitution finalised by the Commissions of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly in December 2012, ARTICLE 19 has developed this legal analysis aiming at supporting and encouraging discussions especially around the new constitutional...
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January, 31 2013
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Article 19
In this analysis, ARTICLE 19 finds that the Draft Law “relating to the regulation of the right to demonstrate in public spaces” of Egypt (Draft Law) overwhelmingly fails to comply with international standards on the right to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly.
The net effect of...
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February, 23 2013
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Article 19
In mid-2011, Moroccan voters approved a new Constitution that introduced, for the first time, a guarantee of the right of access to information held by public bodies. On 26 March 2013, consultations were opened on a Draft Law on the Right to Access Information (Draft Law), which aims to give effect...
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April, 01 2013