Freedom of Expression

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The term freedom of expression is usually used synonymously but, in legal sense, includes any activity of seeking, receiving, and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. The right to freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Article …

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CLD: Centre for Law and Democracy · 27 March 2024 English

MFC Member States your credibility is on the line: we need your meaningful action for the safety of journalists and access to information in Gaza We write you today as …

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CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 18 March 2024 English

Data Disquiet: Concerns about the Governance of Data for Generative AI 1 companies that control the use and reuse of much of is comprised of data sets created, collected or …

mining, this legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression provision does not appear to have fully


LCO: Law Commission of Ontario · 14 March 2024 English

Commissioner is now an employee of the Auditor General and is expected to perform the duties assigned by the Auditor General.120 Furthermore, it is now the Downgrading the Environmental Auditor …

harm has vague than other rights, such as freedom of expression traditionally been addressed under tort


DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 March 2024 English

A fully updated edition of the first-ever primer on Canada’s Constitution — for anyone who wants to understand the supreme law of the land.The Canadian Constitution makes Canada’s Constitution readily …

various rights and freedoms, including freedom of expression and the right to vote. Confederation: The


FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 7 March 2024 English

“this threat and Incredibly, a segment of the CBC’s Fifth Estate was devoted to the Coastal from where it is GasLink extremist attacks but devoted most of the segment to …

We all have Charter-protected rights of freedom of expression and peaceful association and assembly, but


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 6 March 2024 English

effects for the exercise of the fundamental rights to respect for private and family life, freedom of expression and information, the prohibition of discrimination and the rights of the child; and intentional

the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression and opinion, “online gender-based violence to respect for private and family life, freedom of expression and information, the prohibition of discrimination Addressing Systemic Risks While Protecting Freedom of Expression Most models of platform accountability promoted may endanger fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and association. Civil society organizations Derechos Digitales 2023). International freedom of expression standards allow for the establishment of


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 5 March 2024 English

The misalignment between the interests of litigants with private standing and the broader public interest was central to the foundational decisions of Thorson, McNeil, and Finlay, which should have informed …

environmental assessment and permitting, freedom of expression, police misconduct, and tax administration environmental assessment and permitting; (d) freedom of expression; (e) police misconduct; and (f) tax administration acted outside their statutory authority. Freedom of expression 23. An individual with standing may not challenge a restriction on their right to freedom of expression under section 2(b) of the Charter. In these Liberties Association, and the Centre for Freedom of Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University 4 mailto:sujit


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 1 March 2024

It was the first nation in the have a significant impact on the lives of Canadians world to publish a national AI strategy.5 The and the operations of Canadian businesses.”9 …

to access needed health care services freedom of expression, as well as affect human when accessing


Canadian Council for International Cooperation · 28 February 2024 English

Concur- rently, the world is witnessing the rise of the far right, a trend increasingly accompanied by the repression of rights and freedoms and the shrinking of civil society space. …

and intimidation tactics aimed at curbing freedom of expression. Participants further denounced anti-devolution


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 22 February 2024 English

Headquartered understanding of the socio-economic and technological in Waterloo, Canada, CIGI has received support impacts of digitalization and improve the quality and from the Government of Canada, the Government relevance …

and argues that freedom of thought and freedom of expression are limited when we do not have access to


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