The Handbook

The ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Virtual Handbook is an accessible but high-quality legal guide to international and best comparative standards on the right to freedom of expression.

The Handbook consists of two parts:

• A searchable database containing summaries of hundreds of freedom of expression decisions from international courts and dispute settlement mechanisms, as well as selected jurisprudence from national courts which supports a progressive interpretation of the right. The database further contains ARTICLE 19’s standard-setting publications, for example in the areas of national security, defamation, access to information and broadcasting, and a series of regional and thematic papers.
  
• We recommend the following sources:

1) The Central Asian Pocketbook on Freedom of Expression, which presents a concise but comprehensive overview of international law and standards on freedom of expression;

2) The ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Handbook (1993) which provides an introduction to international and best comparative standards on the right to freedom of expression.

Questions not answered by these resources can be addressed to our Law Programme at law@article19.org. We are not able to guarantee providing a reply although we do always endeavour to do so.