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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION * INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I GENERAL INFORMATION

A. Mandate and Competence of the Office of the Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression

B. Principal Activities of the Office of the Special Rapporteur

1. Individual Case System

2. Precautionary Measures

3. Public Hearings

4. Working visits

5. Promotional Workshop

6. Studies and Publications

7. Daily Monitoring of the Situation of Freedom of Expression in the Region

8. Quarterly Reports on Freedom of Expression in the Region.

9. Press Releases

10. Participation in Seminars and Conferences

C. Funding of the Office of the Special Rapporteur

CHAPTER II SITUATION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE REGION

A. Introduction and methodology

B. Evaluation of the Situation of Freedom of Expression in the Region

C. Country-by-Country Evaluation of the Situation of Freedom of Expression

D. Information, alerts and complaints on freedom of expression

CHAPTER III CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION


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Attacks on journalists are specifically intended to silence them, and so they also constitute violations of the right of a society to have free access to information.

-Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Mexico


Article 13
Article 13 - American Convention on Human Rights

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