Self-learning materials

These guidelines aim to provide a general framework for judicial actors to assess matters of privacy and data protection in the face of other rights, such as freedom of expression and the right to privacy. The document includes relevant case law from various national, international and regional bodies that may inform judicial actors’ understanding of the matters at hand. It draws a coherent line from privacy rights to data protection rights and the challenges of upholding these rights in the face of new technologies.

These guidelines aim to reinforce the capacities and knowledge of prosecutors by providing practical tools to investigate and prosecute cases of crimes committed against journalists.

The issue brief addresses current trends, challenges, and responses worldwide on defamation and related laws, with a particular focus on abusive legal practices such as SLAPPs and ‘forum shopping’.

The Massice Open Online Course (MOOC) aims to introduce actors in the Justice System, such as judges, lawyers and prosecutors, to the intersection of AI and the Judiciary. This includes technical knowledge on AI and digital transformation, use cases of its adoption in Justice Systems, authoritative case-law as well as the legal, ethical, and the human rights implications of AI under international standards.

Produced on the basis of comparative studies and dialogues between judicial operators and journalists,this booklet offers a useful perspective on the subject to all those who want to achieve anautonomous and independent judiciary, a free, plural and independent press and a quality relationship, while maintaining the boundaries of autonomy, between these two worlds.

This toolkit supports trainer judges to develop trainings for judges on international human rights standards on freedom of expression and related issues.

UNESCO's Webinar Series on AI and the Rule of Law explores how the Justice System may leverage digital tools, such as artificial intelligence, to empower access to justice and the risks and opportunities that come with it. It covers Intellectual Property and AI, admissibility of AI-generated evidence and augmented reality in the Judiciary.

This paper discusses the evolution of European Court of Human Rights case law relating to hate crime, providing an update on the most recent rulings. Approaching hate crime from a fundamental rights perspective, it shows how Member State authorities’ duty to effectively investigate the bias motivation of crimes flows from key human rights instruments, such as the European Convention on Human Rights.