Criminal defamation and the evolution of the doctrine of freedom of expression in international law: comparative jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. From: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Pasqualucci, Jo M. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Vanderbilt University, School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Restrictions on freedom of expression may take direct and indirect forms. A state may censor speech, criminalize defamation, harass the media or individual journalists, fail to investigate crimes against the media, require the compulsory licensing of journalists, or fail to enact freedom of information laws or laws that prohibit monopoly ownership of the media. A victim of a restriction on freedom of expression that violates international law may have no recours...

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