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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION * INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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Functions & Objectives

The Office was created to stimulate awareness of the importance of the full observance of freedom of expression and information in the hemisphere, given the fundamental role it plays in the consolidation and advancement of the democratic system.

Press Release R70-10

The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) strongly condemns renewed acts of violence that, in separate incidents, took the lives of two journalists in Mexico and damaged a radio station's installations.

Press Release R67/10

The Office of the Special Rapporteur expresses deep concern over the murder of journalist Hugo Alfredo Olivera, who was found dead on July 6 near the city of Apatzingán, in Mexico's Michoacán state.

Press Release R66/10

The Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression wishes to express its deep concern at the murder of two journalists in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.

REPORTS

The Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression presents its reports. Have access to the Annual Report 2008, among others available special studies and reports.

The ideal of free men enjoying freedom from fear and want can be achieved only if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as his civil and political rights

-American Convention on Human Rights


Article 13
Article 13 - American Convention on Human Rights

Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression
Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression

Murder of Journalists