
Sejal Parmar
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Senior Lecturer @CardiffLaw | ex- @FCDOGovUK @OSCE_RFoM @article19org and also @ceu @lawsheffield | human rights, freedom of expression and global justice
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https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/2631281- 22-06-2012 15:12:15
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.Cardiff Law's Sejal Parmar is speaking at Nottingham University's Human Rights Law Centre later today on a panel on the Bill of Rights. Sejal will be talking about 'Freedom of Expression and Legislative Proposals: Some Foreign Policy Perspectives' Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN



HAPPY! that our handbook on #HateSpeech will be published by #oxforduniversitypress. Project led by wonderful Prof. Eric Heinze, author and academic with @IoannaTourkocho Tom Herrenberg Sejal Parmar and myself in editing roles. Book opened by Jacob Mchangama with a row of spectacular authors


Countdown⌛️! Our #WorldPressFreedomDay side events, in partnership w/ UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, Oversight Board, Thomson Reuters, IBA's Human Rights Institute, High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, Media Defence and ARTICLE 19, kick off next week. Learn more about our sessions and their amazing experts. RSVP: shorturl.at/fjnJ9


The Role of Academia in Protecting #FOE w/ Jackie Harrison, Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, Dr Gemma Horton, Sejal Parmar, @edwardlcarter, Emily Harmer, Diana Maynard, Benjamin Tetteh, Leire Iturregui, Rosalynd Southern, Ivor Shapiro, Smitha Khorana, Colette Simonne Wahlqvist and Binod Bhattarai 📅May 1 🕙10 AM ET


Celebrating UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 World Press Freedom Day Columbia University. Prof. Sejal Parmar warns that the new age of disinformation has been co-opted to undermine freedom of expression law #protectjournalism


CFOM members are taking part in the #WorldPressFreedomDay academic conference in collaboration with DigiPol @LivUni Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Sheffield Journalism. You can watch live below to see contributions from CFOM members including Diana Maynard Sejal Parmar Jackie Harrison


“Feeding of speech is the cornerstone on which the existence of a democratic society rests” Agnes Callamard at the UN General Assembly #WorldPressFreedomDay Amnesty International

No future, no dignity without #FreedomofExpression says Agnes Callamard #WorldPressFreedomDay Conf of UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳


Audience question on how to address big, powerful states like the US when they attack press freedom. Dunja Mijatovic speaks to her joint letter against extradition of Julian Assange. Int'l organizations are "not shying away" from calling out big powers. #WorldPressFreedomDay


Academia is fundamental to #protectjournalists and #defendmediafreedom. Very glad to be able to promote their importance today and continue collaborating with @ColombiaGFoE @sheffileduni University of Liverpool. #WorldPressFreedomDay


"The world does not wish to hear certain stories." Powerful intervention by Rana Ayyub at #WorldPressFreedomDay calls attention to the persecution of Muslim journalists in India. The world must apply pressure in the lead up to the G20 meetings in Delhi, she says.


#WorldPressFreedomDay reminds us of the vital role independent & pluralistic media play in enabling and sustaining democracy, peace & security. Today Irene Khan, Pedro Vaca V., African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Topsy-Sonoo & I launch the 2023 Joint Declaration on Media Freedom & Democracy – have a look 👇

The recording from the academic conference as part of UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #WorldPressFreedomDay organised by CFOM Columbia Global Freedom of Expression and DigiPol @LivUni is now available to watch. Thank you to all our speakers for taking part and sharing your research

