On Thursday April 25 2024 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (CGFoE) will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a full day event 'Safeguarding Free Expression: The Role of Judicial Systems in Pivotal Times' at the Italian Academy in NYC. The event will include CGFoE's 2024 Prize Ceremony, and is supported by UNESCO through the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) and the Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF).

PRGRAM (All times EDT = UTC-4)

10:00 Opening Session Alejandra Negrete Morayta, CGFoE Member, Manager of the 2024 CGFoE Prizes Catalina Botero, UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Aryeh Neier, President Emeritus, Open Society Foundations

10:30 PANEL - Breakthrough Verdicts: Legal Decisions Shaping the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Eduardo Bertoni, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law Karuna Nundy, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India Sarah Peeters, Programme Officer – Development of the Legal Profession, Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) Barbora Bukovská, Senior Director for Law and Policy, ARTICLE 19, UK Alice Gardoll, Chief of Staff, Office of Amal Clooney Moderator: Mehdi Benchelah, Senior Project Officer – Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists Section – UNESCO

13:00 BOOK TALK - Truth, Justice, and the Power of Journalism Elena Kostyuchenko, author of I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country Paul Caruana Galizia, author of A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family’s Quest for Moderator: Marija Šajkaš, CGFoE

14:00 PANEL - Critical Legal Frontiers: Global Challenges to Freedom of Expression Caroline James, Advocacy Coordinator, AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism Alexander Papachristou, Executive Director, Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice Barbara Trionfi, Author, IPI Report Climate / Environmental Journalism Under Fire Jorge Calderón Gamboa, Independent Expert, UN Program Harmony With Nature Mishi Choudhary, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, Virtru Professor Nikolaus Forgo, Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalization in Law, University of Vienna Moderator: Sandra Coliver, Former Senior Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative, USA

16:00 2024 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prize Ceremony Performance by singer Vivir Quintana, “Canción sin miedo” (Song without fear) Keynote:: Elena Kostyuchenko, Russian journalist and activist Presentation of the winner in “Significant Legal Ruling” by Caroline James, amaBhugane Investigative Journalism Center Presentation of the winner in “Excellence in Legal Services” category by Barbora Bukovská, Senior Director for Law and Policy, ARTICLE 19

16:50 Closing Remarks Hawley Johnson, Associate Director, CGFoE

LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/cgfoe10