Please Note:
This profile was created by Sandra Coliver. More information on ZoomInfo profiles.
This profile was created by Sandra Coliver. More information on ZoomInfo profiles.
Employment History
View...Biography
Sandra Coliver is the Senior Legal Officer for Freedom of Information and Expression at the Open Society Justice Initative, an operational arm of the Open Society Institute. Previously, she served as the director of the Center for Justice and Accountability, a San Francisco-based organization which works to deter severe human rights abuses by helping survivors hold their persecutors legally...View all 190 references Web References
-
1. ivonotes.wordpress.com
ivonotes.wordpress.com/2008/04 - [Cached]Published on: 4/1/2008 Last Visited: 5/9/2008
Her speakers are Jean-Marie Etter, head of Hirondelle, Martin Sebujangwe, Okapi's editor-in-chief, and Shira Loewenberg, director of the Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding and a former UN information officer, and Sandra Coliver of the Open Society Justice Initiative.
...
- from Coliver, the legal basis by which the UN can justify supporting an "independent" media within the framework of a peacekeeping mission, via the protection of freedom of expression in conflict zones, and UN legal obligations.Coliver addresses Art.XIX, the basis of most international freedom of expression arguments, and also prohibitions against propaganda for war, including incitement to violence.She discusses, in that context, the rights of journalists in conflict, and asserts that both the UN and member states have legal obligations to support those rights.
...
Sandra did a book on law and practice of hate speech, called "Striking a Balance: Hate Speech, Freedom of Expression, and Non-discrimination," and found that in 20 countries, these laws were used to suppress minorities. -
2. Staff
www.osji.org/about/staff?prepr - [Cached]Published on: 2/5/2008 Last Visited: 2/19/2008
Sandy Coliver Senior Legal Officer, Freedom of Information and Expression (New York) -
3. International Right to Know Day: Justice Initiative Celebrates the Global Movement's Achievements of the Past Year
www.osji.org/db/resource2?res_ - [Cached]Last Visited: 2/19/2008
"Although the global movement experienced setbacks in 2007, the bottom line is that there have been net gains, especially in China, Latin America, and West Africa," said Sandra Coliver, the Justice Initiative's senior legal officer for freedom of information (FOI) and expression.
