Experts suggest provisions on freedom of expression for Iraqi Constitution
02-08-2005 (Paris)
A workshop to facilitate the deliberations on freedom of expression in the context of the preparation of the Iraqi Constitution was organized by UNESCO and ARTICLE 19 in Amman last week.
The workshop was part of UNESCO’s programme in support of media and human rights in Iraq and the development of an Iraqi constitutional text ensuring freedom of expression in line with internationally recognized standards.
Discussions were based on a proposal that ARTICLE 19 prepared adapting international standards to the Iraqi context to provide guidance and advice to the Constitution Drafting Committee.
Iraqi participants representing the Iraqi transitional government, media, and civil society organizations as well as the parliamentarian drafting committee discussed the provisional constitutional texts for input into the overall constitutional drafting process.
Article 19 is an international human rights organization, which defends and promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information all over the world. The organization takes its name from Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; the right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas trough any media regardless of frontiers.”
Discussions were based on a proposal that ARTICLE 19 prepared adapting international standards to the Iraqi context to provide guidance and advice to the Constitution Drafting Committee.
Iraqi participants representing the Iraqi transitional government, media, and civil society organizations as well as the parliamentarian drafting committee discussed the provisional constitutional texts for input into the overall constitutional drafting process.
Article 19 is an international human rights organization, which defends and promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information all over the world. The organization takes its name from Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; the right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas trough any media regardless of frontiers.”
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