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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Status of Law
Final/Active/Current
Keywords
  • Access to Information
  • Administrative Law
  • Admissibility
  • Discrimination
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Press
  • Political Expression
Adoption Date
Dec 16, 1966
Type of Law
International Treaty/Convention/Covenant
Date added
Aug 28, 2024
Law

Roskomnadzor v. Twitter

Country
Decision Date
May 17, 2021
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Law or Action Upheld
Keywords
  • Content Moderation
  • Content Regulation / Censorship
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Social Media
Judicial Body
Appellate Court
Date added
Jul 25, 2024
Case Law

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act, No. 56 of 2007 (Sri Lanka)

Status of Law
Final/Active/Current
Country
Keywords
  • Access to Information
  • Content Regulation / Censorship
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Press
  • Political Expression
  • Privacy
  • Right to Fair Trial
Adoption Date
Nov 16, 2007
Type of Law
Legislation
Research Category
II Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
Date added
Jun 29, 2024
Law

Bejarano v. Ministry of Defense

Country
Decision Date
Sep 20, 2023
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Admissible
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Administrative or Provisional Measures Restricting FoE
  • Law or Action Overturned or Deemed Unconstitutional
  • Order to Publish Update, Correction, or Reply
Keywords
  • Content Regulation / Censorship
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Public Officials
  • Public Order
Judicial Body
Constitutional Court
Date added
Jan 30, 2024
Case Law

Case of “Glory to Hong Kong” Song

Country
Decision Date
Oct 31, 2023
Case Status
On Appeal
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Dismissed
  • Inadmissible
  • Motion Denied
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Injunction or Order Denied/Vacated
Keywords
  • Access to Information
  • Content Regulation / Censorship
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • National Security
  • Political Expression
Judicial Body
First Instance Court
Date added
Jan 30, 2024
Case Law

Glukhin v. Russia

Country
Decision Date
Jul 4, 2023
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Admissible
  • Motion Granted
  • Reversed Lower Court
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
  • Suspension of Conviction or Sentence against individual exercising FoE
  • Violation of a Rule of International Law
Keywords
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Privacy, Data Protection and Retention
  • Surveillance
Judicial Body
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
Date added
Sep 28, 2023
Case Law

The case of Udruženje Q za promociju i zaštitu kulture, identiteta i ljudskih prava queer osoba

Country
Decision Date
Sep 25, 2014
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Admissible
  • Motion granted
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Administrative or Provisional Measures Protecting FoE
  • Injunction, Order, or Motion Granted
Keywords
  • Cyber Security / Cyber Crime
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Hate Speech
Judicial Body
Constitutional Court
Date added
Sep 28, 2023
Case Law

Amendment of Emergency Law No. 162 / 1958 by Law No. 22/2020

Status of Law
Final/Active/Current
Country
Keywords
  • Budget
  • COVID-19
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Protests
  • Public Order
  • State of Emergency
Adoption Date
May 5, 2020
Type of Law
Amendment
Research Category
V Other Laws
Date added
Dec 27, 2020
Law

The Case of Alaa Abd El-Fatah

Country
Decision Date
Feb 23, 2015
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Appeal allowed
  • Motion granted
  • Reversed Lower Court
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Sanctions (Imprisonment or/and Fine)
Keywords
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Press
  • Political Expression
  • Protests
Judicial Body
Appellate Court
Date added
Feb 5, 2020
Case Law

Righting Wrongs: Criminal Law Provisions in the Philippines related to National Security and their Impact onHuman Rights Defenders

Country
Source
Righting Wrongs: Criminal Law Provisions in the Philippines related to National Security and their Impact on Human Rights Defenders, International Commission of Jurists (2015)
Source URL (legacy)
https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Philippines-Criminal-Law-Provisions-Publications-Report-2015-ENG.pdf
Date added
Sep 19, 2019
Analysis

Attorney General v. Boubakar Al-Yadib

Country
Decision Date
Feb 2, 2010
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Appeal allowed
  • Motion granted
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Acquittal
  • Ban/Censorship
  • Law or Action Overturned or Deemed Unconstitutional
  • Sanctions (Imprisonment or/and Fine)
Keywords
  • Fines
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Press
  • Media/Press
  • Online Forum
  • Public Officials
Judicial Body
First Instance Court
Date added
Aug 4, 2019
Case Law

Jordan's State Security Court, The Case of Hirak Activists :"Humam Qufaisha, Ayman al-Bahrawi, and Diyya’ al-Din al-Shalabi"

Country
Decision Date
Dec 31, 2014
Case Status
Closed
Keywords
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Insult to Foreign State
  • Insult to Head of State
  • National Security
Judicial Body
Specialized Court / Tribunal
Date added
Dec 14, 2018
Case Law

Law on Freedom of Expression and Assembly and the Right to Peaceful Demonstration

Status of Law
Draft
Country
Keywords
  • Access to Information
  • Blasphemy
  • Fines
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
Type of Law
Primary (this category will be deleted)
Research Category
II Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
Date added
Jan 24, 2018
Law

The New Constitution of Iraq

Status of Law
Final/Active/Current
Country
Keywords
  • Constitution
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Press
Adoption Date
Oct 15, 2005
Type of Law
Primary (this category will be deleted)
Research Category
I Legal Foundations
Date added
Jan 17, 2018
Law

Draft law Amending the Penal Code

Status of Law
Draft
Country
Keywords
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Penal Code
  • Protests
Type of Law
Amendment
Research Category
I Legal Foundations
Date added
Dec 14, 2017
Law

The Law No. (18) for 2014 Amending the Anti-terrorism Law

Country
Source
Human Rights Watch
Source URL (legacy)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/29/jordan-end-trials-protesters-undermining-regime
Date added
Dec 14, 2017
Analysis

Communications Cut During the Egyptian Revolution in 2011

Country
Decision Date
May 28, 2011
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Reversed Lower Court
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Law or Action Overturned or Deemed Unconstitutional
  • Monetary Damages
Keywords
  • Access to Internet
  • Constitution
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Internet
  • Internet Service Providers
  • Internet Shutdown
  • National Security
  • Network Disruption
  • Protests
  • Public Order
  • State of Emergency
  • Telecommunication
Judicial Body
Administrative Court
Date added
Dec 6, 2017
Case Law

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