Monthly Archives: January 2025

29 January 2025. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA), recently launched the report Maldives: Overview of the Environment for Media, providing a broad look at the situation facing the media and journalists in the Maldives. The report is an updated version of a 2021 report by … Continue reading →

20 January 2025. Today, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists, is launching the report Malaysia: Media Law Reform Blueprint. The report provides a broad look at the way regulation of the media works in Malaysia, assessing both historic legislation and the many new laws which been … Continue reading →

16 January 2025. You are invited to a webinar hosted by the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) on international freedom of expression standards on hate speech. The webinar will feature presentations from CLD in three different areas: International standards for legal prohibitions of hate speech. Standards for professional media regulation of discriminatory speech. Emerging standards … Continue reading →

14 January 2025. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), an international human rights organisation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will host up to four interns for the summer of 2025. The position will involve a range of substantive legal work in areas such as freedom of expression, media law, digital rights and access to … Continue reading →