On Freedom of Expression

Michael O'Flaherty, incoming President of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, and chief drafter of the Committee's 2011 ground-breaking General Comment No. 34 on Article 19 of the Covenant, spoke at a March 13th event on "International Law on Freedom of Expression and Information: Breakthroughs at the U.N. and Other Significant Developments." The event was co-sponsored by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, the City Bar’s International Human Rights and United Nations Committees, and the Open Society Justice Initiative.