World Press Freedom Day

 World Press Freedom Day Conference 2024  at the Plenary room - Video message from Mr. Sebastião Salgado, Social documentary photographer - Keynote remarks by Ms. Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, Philippines Ms. Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, Philippines. - Mr. Fredrick Mugira, Founder Water Journalist Africa, Uganda. - Ms. Minna-Liina Lind, Deputy Foreign Minister for Global Affairs and Co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition, Estonia - Mr. Gael García Bernal, Actor, producer and environmental activist Moderated by Ms. Paloma Ávila Barrera, Director of CNN Futuro, Chile.

  Protecting Freedom of Expression through Comparative Global Case Law: Databases to Advance Rights . Location: Satow Room, Lerner Hall, Columbia University. Sponsored by: Columbia GFoE and UNESCO. Speakers: Catalina Botero, Columbia GFoE; Hawley Johnson, Columbia GFoE; Juan Manuel Ospina, Columbia GFoE; Daniel Ospina Celis, Dejusticia; Nelly Chepngetich Rotich, Strathmore University, Natalie Alkiviadou, Future of Free Speech; Alberto Godioli, University of Groningen; Laura Little, Temple University Law School; Raisa Carrillo, Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa; Stephen Townley, Trial Watch, Clooney Foundation for Justice. 9:00 - 10:20 AM. Panel Discussion V - Protecting Freedom of Expression through Comparative Global Case Law, Databases to Advance Rights

  Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of a democratic system. This event seeks to highlight and share some of the main challenges being debated in the region today in order to achieve the full exercise of this right, both in the traditional media system and on the Internet . The panel will have the participation of national leaders, experts and representatives of Latin American civil society with the aim of exchanging experiences and reflections on the subject, as well as recommendations and proposals for the full exercise of the right to freedom of expression in America. Latina.  The presentations will include the presentation of unpublished research and reports on topics related to: the right of access to information by communities and indigenous peoples;  the challenges of public defenders and other institutions that defend rights in the digital environment; the direct link between freedom of expression and a plural and diverse media system; the viability of i...

  When freedom of expression and media freedom are stifled, all of our freedoms are at risk. Freedom of expression, the free flow of information and press freedom are therefore preconditions for the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030: without them, we cannot eliminate poverty and hunger, preserve biodiversity and promote sustainable development, or build transparent institutions. They are indispensable in the fight for the rights of minorities and marginalized people, to combat all kinds of discrimination , to build diverse and inclusive civic spaces , and to uphold resilient democracies.

Analyzing the concept of Freedom of Expression as applied to the arts in their different forms and modalities can be a problem. From different areas of expertise, the speakers are offering their reflections on the subject.

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This Prize is named in honour of #GuillermoCano Isaza, a Colombian #journalist assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper  @elespectador on 17 December 1986. His work and commitment to journalism made him a symbol of freedom of Expression. On December 17, 1986 as Guillermo Cano Isaza was leaving the offices from El Espectador in his Subaru Leone one of two hitmen on a motorcycle across the street at a stoplight opened fire at Cano with a Uzi shooting Cano 4 times in the chest, causing him to lose control of the car and crash into a light pole. The hitmen quickly fled the scene he was taken to a Hospital where he died shortly before 7 pm. It was assumed that the attack was in response to a campaign Cano had launched in the paper years earlier to denounce the influence of drug traffickers in the country's politics. Three years later the El Espectador's building was destroyed with a 300-pound bomb, Cano's family lawyer was murdered, and the Cano family summer ho...

SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIFIAL INTELLIGENCE AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: How safety of Journalists, Freedom Of Expression and the Artificial Intelligence interact?  Listen from University of Novisab ( The Creatures Lab ); An International human rights lawyer and more featured speakers on this session organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media during the 2022 #WorldPressFreedomDay Conference

Together with the Universidad Católica , we're launching the Youth Newsroom covering the 2022 #WorldPressFreedomDay Global Conference; With Ana Ribeiro, Sub-secretary of Education and Culture in  Ministerio de Educación y Cultura , and director of  Instituto Nacional de la Jubentud in Uruguay.

Discussions the current litigation and policy initiatives to stop Pegasus and other similar spyware from being used against journalists and public interest actors.

 Everyone has the right to hold their own opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information of all kinds through any media and regardless of frontiers. The right to freedom of opinion and expression is established under article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) , under the same broad terms as article 19 of the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights .

 A free and uncensored press is essential to ensure freedom of opinion and expression. States should never penalize media outlets, publishers or journalists for reporting or disseminating critical views and dissenting opinions. States should also put in place laws that protect the diversity and plurality of the media, such as laws that prevent undue dominance by privately controlled media groups.