The Crime of Sedition: At the Crossroads of Reform and Resurgence

AUTHOR
Adam M. Smith, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Charline Yim, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Marryum Kahloon, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
YEAR
2022
ANNOTATION

This report has been supported by the TrialWatch program at the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute. TrialWatch is an initiative by the Clooney Foundation for Justice which advocates for justice through accountability for human rights abuses around the world. This report looks at the movement to change sedition laws, the reasons for such change and the abuses that continue where changes are attempted. The report is in three parts: a brief overview of the sedition laws at their criticisms faced at different levels; an update on the progress made by the Commonwealth States to reform these laws and lastly, an overview of examples where prosecuted have used sedition laws to stifle dissent, including case studies by TrialWatch's monitoring. 

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LANGUAGE
English
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SUGGESTED CITATION

Adam M. Smith, Charline Yim, and Marryum Kahloon. "The Crime of Sedition: At the Crossroads of Reform and Resurgence". 2022. https://hri.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/publications/sedition-report-april-2022.pdf