World Press Freedom Day

  Organized by: International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations |  Location: Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations. 10:00-11:30. Journalism on the Move: displaced media workers on the frontline of human rights’ defense

As part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2023 , an academic conference will take place at Columbia University in New York on 1 May 2023 as a hybrid event. The academic conference focuses on freedom of expression as a driver for other human rights, linking to UNESCO’s overall theme for World Press Freedom Day 2023. Academia has played an important role in World Press Freedom Day by hosting an academic conference that provides a forum to hear from scholars who research constraints on media freedom in all their complexity. As this is the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, the first part of this year’s academic conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate academia’s contributions to better understanding the challenges of journalism safety and media freedom , as well as looking ahead at how it can contribute to these pressing issues in a future where freedom of expression is being threatened around the world. This interactive workshop will provide an opp...

  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

Growing #censorship and attempts to control information online have restricted civic space and hinder the free flow of information The session bellow will discuss the threats that media workers and  #HumanRights defenders face nowadays. Panelists: Executive Director, ARTICLE 19 and the executive director of GlobalPartnersD .

 The right to freedom of opinion and expression is closely linked to other human rights, such as the rights to privacy, freedom of association and assembly, and freedom of religion, among others. In addition to article 19 of the ICCPR and the UDHR , the right to freedom of expression is protected under: • Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) , articles 12 and 13 • Convention on Migrant Workers (CMW) , article 13 • Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) , article 15(3) • Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) , article 5 Key regional standards include: • African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights : article 9 • American Convention on Human Rights : article 13 • European Convention on Human Rights : article 10 • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union : article 11.