Sponsored by: Columbia GFoE, High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, and PEN America

On World Press Freedom Day join the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom and special guests for the launch of the Report on International Standards related to Blasphemy Laws and Media Freedom, organized with Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression. This event is co-sponsored by PEN America. The report is authored by Karuna Nundy, member of the High Level Panel, and is the result of close collaboration with leading academic institutions from around the world. It examines national laws regulating speech that is characterized as ‘blasphemous’ and assesses the compatibility of those laws with media freedom. Reflecting on the right of journalists to operate free from control, censorship and harassment, this Panel will discuss the findings and recommendations of the Report.

Speakers:

Catalina Botero, Consulting Director, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression

Professor Can Yeginsu, Lecturer in Law at Columbia University, and Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Director, IBA Human Rights Institute, and Member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom

Hina Jilani, Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Human Rights Defenders (2000-2008)

Karuna Nundy, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, Report Author

Suzanne Nossel, Chief Executive Officer, PEN America

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Media Freedom in the face of Blasphemy Laws