International Mechanisms for the Protection of Freedom of Expression

Abstract

Freedom of expression was not offered on a silver platter; rather, it came after great suffering and struggle carried out by philosophers and free people around the world against their ruling authorities. For this reason, freedom of expression gained wide resonance after the end of the First World War and became an international matter, after previously being regarded as a domestic issue under the principle of state sovereignty. After the end of the Second World War, the United Nations was established, which worked on issuing declarations, covenants, and conventions and created international mechanisms that effectively contributed to the protection of freedom of expression at the international level.