{"id":1508,"date":"2015-06-04T10:59:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T10:59:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-13T13:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:46:06","slug":"new-book-on-the-united-nations-freedom-of-expression-and-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/nl\/new-book-on-the-united-nations-freedom-of-expression-and-information\/","title":{"rendered":"New book on the United Nations, freedom of expression and information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/nl\/academic\/subjects\/law\/un-and-international-organisations\/united-nations-and-freedom-expression-and-information-critical-perspectives?format=HB\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/syscontent\/uploads\/2015_06_04_6ffcfd3321894158269c35040606edce\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 272px; margin-left: 150px; margin-right: 150px; float: right;\" \/><\/em>The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information: Critical Perspectives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/medewerkerpagina\/mcgonagle\">T.McGonagle<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uva.nl\/over-de-uva\/organisatie\/medewerkers\/content\/d\/o\/y.m.donders\/y.m.donders.html\">Y.M. Donders<\/a> (eds.)<br \/>\n\tCambridge: Cambridge University Press, June 2015, 534 pp.<br \/>\n\tISBN 9781107083868.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Abstract:<\/strong><br \/>\n\tThis book provides a critical and uniquely comprehensive examination of the main UN standards and mechanisms dealing with the rights to freedom of expression and information. It details the chequered history of both rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of the system for overcoming contemporary challenges and threats to both rights.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe book&rsquo;s institutional focus comprises five international treaties, UNESCO and the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression. 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Donders<\/a> (eds.)<br \/>\n\tCambridge: Cambridge University Press, June 2015, 534 pp.<br \/>\n\tISBN 9781107083868.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Abstract:<\/strong><br \/>\n\tThis book provides a critical and uniquely comprehensive examination of the main UN standards and mechanisms dealing with the rights to freedom of expression and information. It details the chequered history of both rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of the system for overcoming contemporary challenges and threats to both rights.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe book&rsquo;s institutional focus comprises five international treaties, UNESCO and the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression. 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