Regional bodies

There are a number of regional human rights bodies that have been created to monitor, adjudicate and set standards on human rights at the regional level. These include the African Commission (and Court) on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR), the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Inter-American Commission (and Court) on Human Rights (IACHR), and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), among others.

While each of these bodies have different structures, mandates and varying levels of competence to set binding legal standards, they perform an important function in enabling regional cooperation on human rights protections. ARTICLE 19’s regional offices and programmes regularly engage with these bodies to improve regional standards and address violations of the right to free expression at the regional level.

23.04.2018 3 min read

Africa: Engagement with the ACHPR 30 years on

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ACHPR 62: Forging forward on freedom of expression
23.04.2018 8 min read

ACHPR 62: Forging forward on freedom of expression

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20.03.2018 5 min read

Council of Europe adopts new recommendations on media pluralism and Internet intermediaries

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Latin America: Principle 10 breakthrough for environmental democracy
08.03.2018 3 min read

Latin America: Principle 10 breakthrough for environmental democracy

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23.02.2018 2 min read

Gambia: Respect ECOWAS Court Ruling on Rights of Journalists

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06.02.2018 5 min read

Civil society to European Court: Russia website blocking of “extremist” material violates freedom of expression

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Assessing the human rights impacts of Internet registries
20.12.2017 2 min read

Assessing the human rights impacts of Internet registries

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30.11.2017 3 min read

Civil society tells EU Court: Right to be forgotten should not be global

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12.10.2017 1 min read

Freelance journalist, Nijat Amiraslanov, sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment

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