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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.
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Joint Declaration on Defamation of Religions, and Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Extremism Legislation The media freedom rapporteurs of the UN, the OSCE, the OAS and the ACHPR issued a joint declaration on defamation of religions, and anti-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation, after meeting on December 9, 2008, in Athens, Greece.
Rapporteurship in the MediaCompilation of recent news published in the region about the activities and opinions of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Press Release R50/08The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Armando Rodríguez Carreón, journalist of the daily El Diario at Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Everyone has the right to freedom of thought and expression. This right includes freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing, in print, in the form of art, or through any other medium of one's choice
-Article 13 of the American Convention of Human Rights |
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