Sponsored by Columbia GFoE, High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, and PEN America
Hybrid Event: In-Person Registration Online Registration
On World Press Freedom Day, join the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom and special guests for the launch of the Report on International Standards related to Blasphemy Laws and Media Freedom.
The event is organized together with Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression and co-sponsored by PEN America. The report is authored by Karuna Nundy, member of the High Level Panel, and is the result of close collaboration with leading academic institutions from around the world. It examines national laws regulating speech that is characterized as ‘blasphemous’ and assesses the compatibility of those laws with media freedom. Reflecting on the right of journalists to operate free from control, censorship and harassment, this Panel will discuss the findings and recommendations of the Report.
Speakers:
- Catalina Botero, Consulting Director, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
- Professor Can Yeginsu, Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, and Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
- Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Director, IBA Human Rights Institute, and Member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
- Hina Jilani, Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Human Rights Defenders (2000-2008)
- Karuna Nundy, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, Report Author
- Suzanne Nossel, Chief Executive Officer, PEN America
See the full agenda here and more information on World Press Freedom Day Side Events here.
