Safety clinics for independent journalists will be on offer at this year's festival on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 April. Organised by ACOS Alliance signatory organisations and partners, the clinics prov...
Carlos Gaio
Carlos Gaio is a Senior Legal Officer at Media Defence, a London-based international NGO that provides legal defence to journalists around the world. Prior to joining Media Defence, Carlos worked for 10 years as senior lawyer at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He also worked for human rights foundations and NGOs in the UK and in Brazil, specialising in human rights law, litigation before international mechanisms, and government and intergovernmental advocacy. Carlos holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Essex, UK, and an LLB from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. He has been called to the Brazilian Bar.
Events IJF 2022
Safety clinics for independent journalists will be on offer at this year's festival on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 April. Organised by ACOS Alliance signatory organisations and partners, the clinics prov...
Due to the request of at least one of the panel speakers, this event will not be live-streamed. Furthermore, the on-demand video will not be available. Online abuse is being used as a tool to silence...
Are you facing legal threats as because of your journalistic work? Don't know where to start to find the right support? It is easy to get overwhelmed when confronted with litigation. Start a conversat...
Due to the request of at least one of the panel speakers, this event will not be live-streamed. Furthermore, the on-demand video will not be available. Journalists around the world are under legal at...
As threats to independent journalism continue to accelerate, with efforts to control the free flow of accurate, unbiased information around the world, the law is being weaponised to compromise journal...
