The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, has published its Global Toolkit for Judicial Actors on International Legal Standards on Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists.

The Toolkit presents five comprehensive modules including, The International Legal Framework on Freedom of Expression; The Legitimate Restrictions on the Exercise of Freedom of Expression; The Right to Access Information; Attacks against Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Judiciary; and Freedom of Expression on the Internet.

A statement by UNESCO forwarded to ASHENEWS on Tuesday said, “We are very pleased to announce that UNESCO has just published its Global Toolkit for Judicial Actors on International Legal Standards on Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists.

“The Toolkit follows a global Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for judicial actors on international standards on freedom of expression, developed in partnership with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford, which gathered close to 5,000 registered participants from 150 countries around the world.

“Through five comprehensive modules, the Toolkit presents: 1) The International Legal Framework on Freedom of Expression; 2) The Legitimate Restrictions on the Exercise of Freedom of Expression; 3) The Right to Access Information; 4) Attacks against Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Judiciary; and 5) Freedom of Expression on the Internet. It also includes additional resources specifically geared towards trainers of judicial training institutes, in order to further develop training courses on the right to freedom of expression, access to public information, and safety of journalists,” the statement reads.

Currently available in English, the Toolkit will soon be translated in all UN official languages and Portuguese.

To download this publication, please visit this link:   https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000378755