MOOC FOE1x | 3.5.1 The Three Part Test: Necessary | Legitimate Restrictions to Freedom of Expression
Channel: ColumbiaLearn
Date: 2016-12-02

3.5.1 The Three Part Test: Necessary | Legitimate Restrictions to Freedom of Expression
MOOC FOE1x | Freedom of Expression in the Age of Globalization 
ColumbiaX | Agnès Callamard

Are you interested in understanding freedom of expression and information? Do you want to learn how it is defined under international law, who abuses it and how it is protected on or off-line?

Adopting a global standpoint, this course will present the international human rights norms and laws that define free speech and the global jurisprudence that has developed to safeguard it. It will explore political expression, press freedom and freedom of expression on the Internet. It will outline the legitimate restrictions to freedom of expression, and discuss its most pressing challenges and violations globally.

Taught with the support of journalists, human rights defenders and press freedom activists from around the world, this course is a formidable introduction to a complex fundamental right, at the heart of today’s many global challenges, from the Internet to national security, freedom of religion and privacy.

Enroll today!
https://www.edx.org/course/freedom-expression-age-globalization-columbiax-foe1x#!