IACHR/OSR Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression  2018 - 2023 - IACHR 2018-07--2022-10-31 IACHR/OSR Specialrapportör Yttrandefrihet OAS 2018  - 2023 The Office of the Special Rapporteur was created 1997 to stimulate awareness of the importance of the full observance of the right to freedom of expression and information, given the fundamental role that this right plays in the consolidation and advancement of the democratic system. The objective is to improve the defense and protection of the right to freedom of expression in the Americas. Specialrapportören för yttrandefrihet under OAS, IACHR/OSR; bildades 1997 med syftet att stimulera medvetenheten om betydelsen av att respektera yttrandefrihet hos ansvariga aktörer i OAS medlemsstater. Medlemsstaterna ska uppmuntras att vidta åtgärder som förbättrar de nationella villkoren för yttrandefrihet. Målen med       insatsen är att främja yttrandefrihets relaterade rättigheter i Mellan- och Sydamerika. The goal of the intervention is to strengthen democratic governance and the rule of law in the Americas through the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression.
The specific objectives are:
Objective 1: To promote fundamental freedoms essential to democracy
- Standards and recommendations regarding freedom of expression in the context of elections are developed.
- Tools and practices that advance the protection of the right to protest are discussed by States.
- The Inter-American system advances towards the adoption of jurisprudence on the right to freedom of expression and access to information to fight corruption.
Objective 2: To promote the safety of journalists and a plural and diverse media
- Monitoring on the state of the right to freedom of expression, violence, media independence, indirect censorship, and protection of sources is strengthened
- The judiciary of the region is able to incorporate inter-American standards in judicial decisions.
Objective 3: To advance the protection of digital rights for the exercise of freedom of expression online
- Principles promoted to ensure a greater number of countries preserve conditions for the right to freedom of expression to be exercised online.
At the end of the project achievements expected are that:
- Guides will be available for Member States to guarantee FoE in the context of elections;
- Information will be available and published by the OSR on FoE and elections;
- States have adopted positive measures, or restrained from passing negative, to protect the right to protest;
- Statements referring to specific cases of limitations to the right to protest have been published and disseminated by the OSR;
- Letters have been sent to States including technical recommendations to restrain from using indirect means of censorship and promote media independence and security for the exercise of journalism;
- Judicial decisions has been taken in the region that protect FoE, including those advanced in the IACHR Court; 
- Inter-American standards are presented in regional or international fora;
- Letters to State or press releases are published approaching the topic of human rights in the internet, including technical opinions for cybersecurity laws.