Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Freedom of Opinion and Expression - Country visits

On-site visits are an essential component of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate in order to assess in greater detail the state of protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and, where appropriate, to make recommendations for its improvement.

Upcoming visits

Turkey (November 2016)

Recent visits

Tajikistan (3-9 March 2016) – Statement – Preliminary observations – report due in June 2017
Japan (12-19 April 2016) – Statement – Preliminary observations – report due in June 2017

Request for country visits

Angola (2015), Azerbaijan (2015), Bahrain (2014), Belarus (2015), Bangladesh (2014), Cuba (2015), China (2015), Eritrea (2015), Ethiopia (2015), Egypt (2015), Indonesia (2014), Jordan (2014), Kenya (2015), Kuwait (2014), Liberia (2015), Malaysia (2014), Nigeria (2015), Pakistan (2015), Rwanda (2014), Swaziland (2015), Saudi Arabia (2015), Thailand (2015), United Arab Emirates (2014), Venezuela (2015), Vietnam (2015), Uganda (2015), Uzbekistan (2015) and Zimbabwe (2015).

Country visit reports

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Year of the visit	Country visit	Symbol number
2013	Italy (November)	A/HRC/26/30/Add.3 A/HRC/26/30/Add.6 (comments by the State on the report)
	Montenegro (June)	A/HRC/26/30/Add.1 A/HRC/26/30/Add.4 (comments by the State on the report)
	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (June)	A/HRC/26/30/Add.2 A/HRC/26/30/Add.5 (comments by the State on the report)
2012	Honduras (August)	A/HRC/23/40/Add.1 A/HRC/23/40/Add.3 (comments by the State on the report)
2011	Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories (December)	A/HRC/20/17/Add.2
2011	Algeria (April)	A/HRC/20/17/Add.1 A/HRC/20/17/Add.3 (comments by the State on the report) (French)
2010	Mexico (August)	A/HRC/17/27/Add.3
2010	Republic of Korea (May)	A/HRC/17/27/Add.2, A/HRC/17/27/Add.2/Corr.1
2009	Maldives (March)	A/HRC/11/4/Add.3
2007	Honduras (November)	A/HRC/11/4/Add.2
	Ukraine (May)	A/HRC/7/14/Add.2
	Azerbaijan (April)	A/HRC/7/14/Add.3
2004	State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (October)	E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.4
	Colombia (February)	E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.3
	Côte d'Ivoire (January)	E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.2
	Italy (October)	E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.1
2003	Islamic Republic of Iran (November)	E/CN.4/2004/62/Add.2
2002	Equatorial Guinea (December)	E/CN.4/2003/67/Add.2
2000	Argentina (June)	E/CN.4/2002/75/Add.1
2000	Albania (May)	E/CN.4/2001/64/Add.1
1999	Tunisia (December)	E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.4
	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (October)	E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.3
	Ireland (October)	E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.2
	Sudan (September)	E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.1
1998	Hungary (November)	E/CN.4/1999/64/Add.2
1998	Malaysia (September)	E/CN.4/1999/64/Add.1
1997	Poland (May)	E/CN.4/1998/40/Add.2
1997	Republic of Belarus (May)	E/CN.4/1998/40/Add.1
1996	Turkey (September)	E/CN.4/1997/31/Add.1
1996	Islamic Republic of Iran (January)	E/CN.4/1996/39/Add.2
1995	Republic of Korea (June)	E/CN.4/1996/39/Add.1
1994	Malawi (October)	E/CN.4/1995/32 (Chapter III)

Mandate

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

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Comments on legislation and policy

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