The High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media
Freedom is an independent advisory body of the Media Freedom Coalition. The
High Level Panel was established in July 2019 at the request of the Coalition’s
inaugural Co-Chairs, Canada and the United Kingdom, and is composed of leading
experts in the field of international law.
The High Level Panel’s remit is to provide
legal advice and recommendations to the Coalition and its partners, including
international organisations, for the purposes of promoting and protecting a
vibrant, free, and independent media. The High Level Panel also provides
individual States with legal advice in the form of legal opinions on draft
legislation or legislation already in force, where media freedoms are engaged,
as well as amicus curiae opinions at the request of a constitutional court or
an international court in a media freedom case of general public importance.
The High Level Panel’s Secretariat is the
International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, providing it with
operational, technical, and legal assistance. The work of the High Level Panel
is supported by the Global Media Defence Fund, administered by UNESCO. The
Chair of the High Level Panel is Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury and its Deputy
Chairs are Can Yeginsu and Catherine Amirfar.
The High Level Panel has produced a series of four enforcement reports that focus on improving international mechanisms to enforce international human rights norms. Read and download them here.
Panel
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Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
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Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
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Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
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Special Advisor to the Chair
Members
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the United Kingdom
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Pakistan
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South Africa
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Belgium
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Uganda
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India
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Lebanon
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Colombia
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Nigeria
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Netherlands
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Republic of Korea
Advisory Council
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the United States
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Russia
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Republic of Korea
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the United States