Compiled by Tarlach McGonagle
(revised and updated, April 2023)
Open access reference works/edited volumes
- Rikke Frank Jørgensen (Ed.), Human Rights in the Age of Platforms (Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, The MIT Press, 2019);
- Martin Moore and Damian Tambini (Eds.), Digital Dominance: The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018);
- J. van Dijck, T. Poell en M. de Waal, De platformsamenleving: Strijd om publieke waarden in een online wereld. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2016.
Freely available online resources
- Onur Andreotti (Ed.), Journalism at risk: Threats, challenges and perspectives (Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing, 2015);
- Wolfgang Benedek and Matthias C. Kettemann, Freedom of expression and the Internet (Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing, 2014); [Updated & revised second edition (2020) available for purchase here];
- Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska, Protecting the Right to Freedom of Expression under the European Convention on Human Rights: a handbook for legal practitioners (Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing, 2017);
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression: case-law database;
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression’s teaching portal: Teaching Freedom of Expression Without Frontiers;
- Council of Europe Freedom of Expression publications portal (includes links to full-text versions of numerous publications);
- Council of Europe Freedom of Expression reports portal (includes links to downloadable versions of all (recent) reports);
- The Council of Europe’s HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) Programme;
- The [Council of Europe] Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists;
- European Audiovisual Observatory, IRIS Merlin Database – short reports on legal developments in the European audiovisual sector since 1995;
- European Audiovisual Observatory, IRIS Special series – publications tackling “current issues in media law and related legal fields”;
- European Court of Human Rights Knowledge Sharing Platform (ECHR-KS): Article 10 [includes a wealth of materials, including a link to the Travaux préparatoires of the ECHR];
- European Court of Human Rights (Jurisconsult), Guide on Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights – Freedom of expression, 31 August 2022;
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe, Handbook on European data protection law (Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 2018);
- Thomas Hammarberg et al., Human rights in a changing media landscape (Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing, 2011);
- Karol Jakubowicz, Media revolution in Europe: ahead of the curve (Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing, 2011);
- Tarlach McGonagle (with the collaboration of M. McGonagle and R. Ó Fathaigh) Freedom of expression and defamation: A study of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing, 2016);
- Tarlach McGonagle (Ed.) and Dirk Voorhoof (et al.), Freedom of Expression, the Media and Journalists: Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, IRIS Themes, Vol. III, 8th edition (Strasbourg, European Audiovisual Observatory, 2023);
- Jacob Mchangama, Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech Podcast;
- Mario Oetheimer (Ed.), Freedom of expression in Europe: Case-law concerning Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Human rights files, No. 18 (Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 2007);
- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media: Open Journalism Project;
- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media: Safety of Female Journalists Online (#SOFJO) Project.
Key (reference) works available through institutional access
- Giancarlo Frosio (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020): https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198837138.001.0001;
- Tarlach McGonagle and Yvonne Donders (Eds.), The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information: Critical Perspectives (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015). Available via Cambridge Core;
- Martin Moore and Damian Tambini (Eds.), Regulating Big Tech: Policy Responses to Digital Dominance (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021) [Oxford Scholarship Online]. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197616093.001.0001;
- Philip Napoli, Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age (New York, Columbia University Press, 2019);
- José van Dijck, Thomas Poell and Martijn de Waal, The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018). Available via Oxford Scholarship Online.
Standard works
European Convention on Human Rights
- D.J. Harris, M. O’Boyle, E.P. Bates & C.M. Buckley, Law of the European Convention on Human Rights (4th edition) (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018), pp. 3-42; 592-683.
- P. van Dijk, G.J.H. van Hoof, A. van Rijn and L. Zwaak (Eds.), Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights (5th edition) (Cambridge, Intersentia, 2018), pp. 765-811.
- William A. Schabas, The European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015), doi: 10.1093/law/9780199594061.001.0001.
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Lorna Woods, ‘Article 11 – Freedom of Expression and Information’, in Steve Peers et al. (Eds.), The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary (2nd edition) (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2021).
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- William A. Schabas, U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Nowak’s CCPR Commentary (3rd revised edition) (Kehl, N.P. Engel, 2019), Chapters on Articles 19 and 20.