Policy and Regulation
The pro-democracy protests of the Moroccan Spring provided the national media with an open season that could not last long. Then, entrenched ‘untouchable’ topics were debated in the public realm, including those related to the King’s centralised power; today, journalists work in a climate of...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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- Morocco
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- Protection of sources
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- Public Service Broadcasting
- Registration / licensing of journalists
- Regulation of journalists
- Right to Information
- Statutory professional bodies
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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- International Standards
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- MENA
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- Policy and Regulation
- Policy Documents and Recommendations
- 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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إجراءات أمنية شديدة شهدها شهر يناير منذ مطلعه، وذلك تحسباً للاحتجاجات والتحركات المحتملة لذكري ثورة 25 يناير، تهديدات، واقتحام لمؤسسات ثقافية، وإلقاء القبض علي بعض النشطاء الفاعلين والمؤثرين، لمنع أي إحياء محتمل لثورة يناير، وذلك أدي إلي تراجع الفعاليات الاحتجاجية خلال الشهر، الذي شهد 67 فاعلية...
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Monday, February 15, 2016
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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
على الرغم من أن جزءا كبيرا من منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا شهد انزلاقا ملحوظا، على مدى السنوات الماضية، نحو مزيد من الإستبداد وعدم الاستقرار والنزاع العنيف في أعقاب الإنتفاضات الشعبية . علما أن العديد من هذه المكاسب كانت وراءها 2011في المنطقة، فقد تحققت مكاسب كبيرة منذ عام الأوساط الإعلامية...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
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- Broadcasting Law
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- Freedom of Expression
- General Resources
- Hate Speech
- Legislation
- Libya
- MENA
- Morocco
- National Security and Terrorism
- Policy and Regulation
- Policy Documents and Recommendations
- Protection of the Sacred and Blasphemy
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Reports and Analysis
- Right to Information
- Statutory professional bodies
- Tunisia
Although much of the Middle East and North Africa has seen a marked shift over the past years toward unstable authoritarianism and violent conflict following the region’s popular uprisings, significant gains have however been achieved since 2011.
Many of these gains have been driven by media...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
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- Policy and Regulation
- Policy Documents and Recommendations
- Protection of the Sacred and Blasphemy
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Reports and Analysis
- Right to Information
- Statutory professional bodies
- Tunisia
، أقرت في دول المغرب العربي ضمانات دستورية وقانونية جديدة لحرية 2011وفي أعقاب انتفاضات عام التعبير والإعلام. ومع ذلك، فإن الحقوق والحريات التي ضمنتها القوانين الجديدة لا تزال تواجه تحديا بسبب عدائية السلطات المسؤولة عن حماية حقوق الانسان وممارسة قضائية ما انفكت تفتقر الى الاصلاح. وعلاوة على ذلك،...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
This report by Thomas Ebbs, Director of Research with Lawyers for Justice in Libya, is analyzing the tensions between laws pertaining to freedom of expression, political actors and the judiciary practice in Libya.
Following the 2011 uprisings, new constitutional and legal guarantees for freedom of...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
، أقرت في دول المغرب العربي ضمانات دستورية وقانونية جديدة لحرية 2011وفي أعقاب انتفاضات عام التعبير والإعلام. ومع ذلك، فإن الحقوق والحريات التي ضمنتها القوانين الجديدة لا تزال تواجه تحديا بسبب عدائية السلطات المسؤولة عن حماية حقوق الانسان وممارسة قضائية ما انفكت تفتقر الى الاصلاح. وعلاوة على ذلك،...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018