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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 [...]
ISLP is thrilled to report that Moroccan journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui has been released from prison. ISLP’s Media Law Working Group has been following his case closely since February [...]
Does the presence of a prominent foreign lawyer acting as a trial observer for the international community occasionally modify the behavior of prosecutors and judges? The recent experiences of [...]
Participants that attended the Media Law Training Program in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On February 25 - 26, 2020, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Zimbabwe chapter and [...]
In February 2020, Richard Winfield was invited to be the keynote speaker at the February conference of the European Parliament at which MEPS, NGOs, Moroccan Lawyers, and the press [...]
Last month, ten Palestinian human rights lawyers in Ramallah participated in a Skype webinar hosted by ISLP. They discussed relying on press freedom case law from the European Court [...]
Do amicus curiae briefs work? Do they help influence the outcome of a case? The effectiveness of an expert amicus curiae brief was on display in a Palestinian criminal [...]
The Morocco Court of Appeal in April 2019 upheld the convictions and prison sentences of 43 defendants, including several journalists and alleged ringleaders of street protests in 2016-2017 in the Berber [...]
In April 2019, ISLP, in collaboration with the Media Institute of Southern Africa Zimbabwe (MISA) held a strategic litigation workshop dedicated to analyzing and discussing freedom of expression from an [...]
In March of 2019, our volunteers served as trial observers in controversial, politicized criminal trials in Casablanca and Istanbul. In each case autocratic regimes punished freedom of expression and [...]