Legislation
The window of opportunity to implement true reforms, guaranteed by explicit laws and grounded in practice, is now.
By Adnane Bouchaib
In July 2016, when Mohamed Tamalt, an independent journalist was sentenced to two years in prison, for defaming the President of Algeria and public institutions, the...
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Thursday, November 21, 2019
This report by Adnane Bouchaib, a lawyer with Bouchaib Law Firm in Algiers, is analyzing the tensions between laws pertaining to freedom of expression, political actors and the judiciary practice in Algeria.
Following the 2011 uprisings, new constitutional and legal guarantees for freedom of...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
This report by Mustapha Ben Letaief, a professor at the Law Faculty at the University of Tunis El Manar, is analyzing the tensions between laws pertaining to freedom of expression, political actors and the judiciary practice in Tunisia.
Following the 2011 uprisings, new constitutional and legal...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
This report by Abdelaziz Nouaydi, university professor and lawyer at the Rabat Bar, is analyzing the tensions between laws pertaining to freedom of expression, political actors and the judiciary practice in Morocco.
Following the 2011 uprisings, new constitutional and legal guarantees for freedom...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
خُبراء في القانون يُؤكدون أن مشروع قانون هيئة الاتصال السمعي والبصري "يشكو من نقائص عديدة" ويدعون الى حوار جدي من أجل إعداد مشروع قانون شامل ومُطابق للمعايير الدولية.
تونس في 2 جانفي 2018 - تُشدد دراسة أعدها خبراء في القانون انطلاقا من معطيات الواقع التونسي واستئناسا بالتجارب المقارنة في مجال...
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
نحن الخبراء المشاركون من الجزائر ومصر والأردن ولبنان والمغرب وتونس واليمن – بدعوة من منظمة "تبادل الإعلام الاجتماعي" و"مركز القانون والديمقراطية"، و"دعم الإعلام الدولي" – في ورشة عمل نحو إصلاح أنظمة الإعلام في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا: ورشة عمل حول الحق في الوصول إلى المعلومات، قد اجتمعنا في...
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Friday, June 16, 2017
دافع لويس برانديس – خبير القانون البارز والقاضي بالمحكمة العليا بالولايات المتحدة – عن قيمة الشفافية والانفتاح في عام 1913 بقوله: "العلنية واجبة كتعويض وسند لمواجهة الأمراض الاجتماعية والصناعية. يُقال إن نور الشمس أفضل مُطهر للجروح، وأن المصباح الكهربائي هو الشرطي الأكثر فعالية".
في ذلك الزمن كانت...
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Friday, June 16, 2017
This series of Briefing Notes is designed to give readers an understanding of the key international legal standards that apply in the context of freedom of expression. Each individual Briefing Note addresses a different thematic freedom of expression issue. The first, perhaps predictably, is titled...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014
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- Digital Rights
- General Resources
- Hate Speech
- International Standards
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- MENA
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- Privacy
- Protection of sources
- Protection of the Sacred and Blasphemy
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Registration / licensing of journalists
- Regulation of journalists
- Right to Information
- Statutory professional bodies
Freedom of expression is a core human right and a free and vibrant public discourse is vital to maintaining a democratic system. At the same time, it is recognised that certain types of speech can cause harm. The question over where the line should be drawn between legal content and hate speech is...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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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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Tuesday, November 21, 2017