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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 R88/10

The Office of the Special Rapporteur Expresses its Concern Over Criminal Conviction of Journalist in Perú

Press Release R87/10

The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of IACHR expresses its most emphatic condemnation of the car bomb attack against the Televisa building in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.

PRESS RELEASE R85/10

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CONDEMNS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Condemns Latest Murder of Journalist in Honduras

REPORTS

The Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression presents its reports. Have access to the Annual Reports and other special studies.

Freedom of expression is a cornerstone upon which the very existence of a democratic society rests.

-Advisory Opinion, OC-5/85, IACtHR


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