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An opinion article on anti-terrorism and the media written for the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) campaign against the widespread tightening of security and surveillance measures.
12 Apr 2007
Executive Director of ARTICLE 19, Dr Agnes Callamard's keynote speech on "Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom: Protecting and Respecting Human Security". The speech was prepared for and delivered at the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) supplementary meeting on "Freedom of the Media: Protection of Journalists and Access to Information" held on the 13-14th August 2006.
22 Aug 2006
Statement concerning the case of Aleksanders Gilmans, who is set to go on trial for ‘incitement to forcibly overthrow the government of the Republic of Latvia’. The statement sets out international standards on freedom of expression and national security and concludes that Gilmans should be acquitted.
23 Jun 2006
Joint statement from ARTICLE 19 and Amnesty International concerning the proposed amendments to Decree No. 18 of the year 1973 of Public Meetings, Processions and Gatherings.
15 Jun 2006
Evidence given by ARTICLE 19 to the ICJ Eminent Jurists Panel on freedom of expression and UK anti-terror law and practice.
24 Apr 2006
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on its review of the 'sedition' provisions enacted in November 2005.
10 Apr 2006
Submission to the 2006 review of the definition of terrorism in UK law.
10 Mar 2006
Memorandum on Jordan's Protection of State Secrets and Documents Provisional Law No. (50)
13 Dec 2005
Statement outlining ARTICLE 19's concerns with Clause 1 of the United Kingdom's Terrorism Bill, 'Encouragement of Terrorism.'
5 Dec 2005
Statement on clause 1 of the draft Terrorism Bill of the United Kingdom.
15 Oct 2005
Memorandum analysing the Home Office's List of Unacceptable Behaviors as an inappropriate response to 'terrorist' threats.
6 Oct 2005
Response to Home Office consultation on exclusion or deportation from the UK on non-conducive grounds.
15 Aug 2005
Memorandum analysing the Official Secrets Act 1972 against international standards on the right to freedom of expression.
30 Sep 2004
Memorandum analysing the Law on Protection of State Secrets and its failure to mitigate concerns regarding the restrictions on freedom of expression and access to information.
30 Jun 2004
Memorandum on the Law on Classified Information of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
15 May 2004
Memorandum on the Romanian Law on Classified Information.
15 Apr 2004
Briefing note exploring the proposed amendments to the 1968 Penal Code dealing with the unauthorised disclosure of State secrets, as translated by the Bulgarian Access to Information Programme.
1 Oct 2003
Memorandum on the Malaysian Sedition Act of 1948.
15 Jul 2003
Memorandum on Moldova's Law on Combating Extremist Activity.
15 May 2003
Paper providing an overview of the Johannesburg Principles on National Security, Freedom of Expression and Access to Information and the status of their implementation.
7 Feb 2003
Memorandum analysing the draft Law on the Protection of Classified Information prepared in anticipation of joining NATO.
1 Oct 2001
Joint publication by ARTICLE 19 and Liberty, providing a critical analysis of UK laws and mechanisms which ostensibly safeguard national security but which have, in practice, been used by successive governments to suppress embarrassing or controversial revelations and to undermine the public’s right to know.
15 Nov 2000
Written comments submitted by ARTICLE 19 on national security and public order restrictions on freedom of expression.
14 Jun 2000
关于国家安全、言论自由和使用信息的
1 Dec 1996
The Johannesburg Principles, so called because they were developed, discussed and agreed by 37 international experts at a three day consultation in South Africa in 1995, have gradually been accepted and cited as the definitive standards for the protection of freedom of expression in the context of national security laws.
1 Dec 1996
Estes Princípios foram adoptados em 1995 por um grupo de peritos em direito internacional, segurança nacional e direitos humanos. Os Princípios baseiam-se no direito e normas internacionais e regionais relativos à protecção dos direitos humanos.
1 Oct 1995
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