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After over 22 years as an ISLP co-founder, director, officer, and volunteer staff member, Richard “Dick” Winfield has retired from his active role with the organization. We are grateful that [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a new era of our digital lives. Work, education, and socialization moved online, as did political protest. Many social movements temporarily stalled, but many [...]
Through our Media Law Working Group, ISLP has long defended freedom of expression as a critical underpinning of accountable and inclusive development. Our work in this area also promotes [...]
The human right to freedom of expression is being curbed in countries across the globe through both legislative means and heavy-handed application of repressive laws, often in violation of treaty obligations. The [...]
On July 28th, ISLP delivered a workshop for Ugandan lawyers on Defending Digital Rights and Freedoms. The virtual session was hosted in partnership with the Collaboration on International ICT Policy [...]
ISLP has partnered with Media Institute of Southern Africa - Mozambique (MISA Mozambique) chapter to launch a series of initiatives to support freedom of expression through digital and human rights. Media freedom is [...]
Attacks on journalists who expose corruption and other wrong-doing by government officials in their own countries continue unabated around the world. ISLP’s Media Law Working Group Chair Richard “Dick” [...]
In our June newsletter, we detailed the methodology used by ISLP's Media Law Working Group (MLWG) to defend journalists and bloggers whose right to freedom of expression is under [...]
It is no exaggeration to state that we are experiencing a widespread crackdown on freedom of expression – in the words of our Media Law Working Group Chair Dick [...]
ISLP is guided by the principle that freedom of expression is essential to the tenets of accountability and transparency that underpin inclusive development and the rule of law. Led [...]