Country visits
Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion
The Special Rapporteur carries out country visits to assess the situation of freedom of opinion and expression at the national level and, where appropriate, to make recommendations for its improvement.
Country visit reports
Year | Country | Country visit reports |
2024 | Philippines (February) | Preliminary observations |
2023 | Visit to Honduras - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression | A/HRC/56/53/Add.1 Preliminary observations |
Visit to Serbia/Kosovo* - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression * All references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999). | A/HRC/56/53/Add.2 Preliminary observations | |
2021 | Hungary (November) | A/HRC/50/29/Add.1 Preliminary observations |
2019 | Ethiopia (December) | A/HRC/44/49/Add.1 A/HRC/44/49/Add.3 (comments by the state) Statement in English and in Amharic |
Follow-up to Country Visits to Cote d’Ivoire, Honduras, Israel and the OPT, Japan and Turkey | A/HRC/41/35/Add.2 (More information) Comments by the States | |
2018 | Ecuador (October) | A/HRC/41/35/Add.1 Statement- Preliminary Observations |
Liberia (March) | A/HRC/38/35/Add.3 Statement – Preliminary Observations | |
2017 | Mexico (November/December) | A/HRC/38/35/Add.2 (Advance unedited version) A/HRC/38/35/Add.4 (comments by the state) Statement – Preliminary Observations |
2016 | Turkey (November) | A/HRC/35/22/Add.3 A/HRC/35/22/Add.6 (comments by the State) |
Japan (April) | A/HRC/35/22/Add.1 A/HRC/35/22/Add.5 (comments by the State) | |
Tajikistan (March) | A/HRC/35/22/Add.2 A/HRC/35/22/Add.7 (comments by the State) | |
2013 | Italy (November)
| A/HRC/26/30/Add.6 (comments by the State) |
Montenegro (June) | A/HRC/26/30/Add.1 A/HRC/26/30/Add.4 (comments by the State on the report) | |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (June) | A/HRC/26/30/Add.2 A/HRC/26/30/Add.5 (comments by the State on the report) | |
2012 | Honduras (August) | A/HRC/23/40/Add.1 A/HRC/23/40/Add.3 (comments by the State on the report) |
2011 | Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories (December) | A/HRC/20/17/Add.2 |
Algeria (April) | A/HRC/20/17/Add.1 A/HRC/20/17/Add.3 (comments by the State on the report) (French) | |
2010 | Mexico (August) | A/HRC/17/27/Add.3 |
Republic of Korea (May) | ||
2009 | Maldives (March) | A/HRC/11/4/Add.3 |
2007 | Honduras (November) | A/HRC/11/4/Add.2 |
Ukraine (May) | A/HRC/7/14/Add.2 | |
Azerbaijan (April) | A/HRC/7/14/Add.3 | |
2004 | State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (October) | E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.4 |
Colombia (February) | E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.3 | |
Côte d'Ivoire (January) | E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.2 | |
Italy (October) | E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.1 | |
2003 | Islamic Republic of Iran (November) | E/CN.4/2004/62/Add.2 |
2002 | Equatorial Guinea (December) | E/CN.4/2003/67/Add.2 |
2000 | Argentina (June) | E/CN.4/2002/75/Add.1 |
Albania (May) | E/CN.4/2001/64/Add.1 | |
1999 | Tunisia (December) | E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.4 |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (October) | E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.3 | |
Ireland (October) | E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.2 | |
Sudan (September) | E/CN.4/2000/63/Add.1 | |
1998 | Hungary (November) | E/CN.4/1999/64/Add.2 |
Malaysia (September) | E/CN.4/1999/64/Add.1 | |
1997 | Poland (May) | E/CN.4/1998/40/Add.2 |
Republic of Belarus (May) | E/CN.4/1998/40/Add.1 | |
1996 | Turkey (September) | E/CN.4/1997/31/Add.1 |
Islamic Republic of Iran (January) | E/CN.4/1996/39/Add.2 | |
1995 | Republic of Korea (June) | E/CN.4/1996/39/Add.1 |
1994 | Malawi (October) | E/CN.4/1995/32 (Chapter III) |