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The Communication Initiative
After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Virtual Handbook

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This is an online legal guide to international and comparative standards on the right to freedom of expression. It is offered by ARTICLE 19, a United Kingdom (UK)-based organisation that monitors, researches, publishes, lobbies, campaigns, sets standards, and litigates on behalf of freedom of expression wherever it is threatened. The Handbook consists of two parts:

  • A searchable database containing summaries freedom of expression decisions from international courts and dispute settlement mechanisms, as well as selected jurisprudence from national courts which supports a progressive interpretation of the right. The database also contains ARTICLE 19's standard-setting publications - for example, in the areas of national security, defamation, access to information, and broadcasting - and a series of regional and thematic papers.
  • A virtual edition of the ARTICLE 19 Freedom of Expression Manual, 2006 (214 pages in PDF format). The second edition is under preparation as of this writing, but the first edition (1993) may be downloaded here (302 pages in PDF format). ARTICLE 19 also directs interested readers to The Central Asian Pocketbook on Freedom of Expression, which "presents a concise but comprehensive overview of international law and standards on freedom of expression."

 

ARTICLE 19 also offers a companion question-and-answer service for those whose queries are not answered by these resources; contact the Law Programme at law@article19.org

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ARTICLE 19 website.