First Amendment Resources

In its article 4 Special Mandates on Freedom of Expression Issue Joint Declaration Today, the International Freedom of Expression EXchange (IFEX) reports that the "four international mandates on freedom of expression—the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression—released a Joint Declaration (PDF) addressing key freedom of expression issues today. These include the publication of confidential information by the media, openness at international public bodies, freedom of expression and cultural/religious tensions and impunity in the face of attacks on journalists."


   

   

First Amendment Resources A-B

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ACLU National Freedom Scorecard

Areopagitica, by John Milton

The Bill of Rights: A Brief History

Blue Ribbon Campaign (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

   

First Amendment Resources C

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Censorship, the Internet, Intellectual Freedom, and Youth

Children’s Rights Law Materials (Legal Information Institute)

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

Code of Ethics

Constitution of the United States

Court Cases

   

First Amendment Resources D–E

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Declaración de los Derechos de las Bibliotecas

Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

   

First Amendment Resources F

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The File Room

FindLaw, Internet Legal Resources

FindLaw: First Amendment Annotations

First Amendment—Religion and Expression

The First Amendment Handbook

Flag Amendment

Flag Amendment (ACLU)

Flag Amendment (free!)

Flag Amendment (People for the American Way)

Free Expression After September 11th: An Online Index

The Free Expression Policy Project

Freedom of Expression (ACLU Briefing Paper)

Freedom to Read Statement

   

First Amendment Resources G–K

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Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy

Holt Uncensored

Intellectual Freedom Manual

Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights

   

First Amendment Resources L–N

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Language versions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Legal Information Institute

Library Bill of Rights

Minors’ Right to Receive Information Under the First Amendment

   

First Amendment Resources O–P

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On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill

   

First Amendment Resources Q–S

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Quotes on Intellectual Freedom & Censorship

Safe and Free (ACLU)

Supreme Court Decisions (from Findlaw Internet Legal Resources)

The Supreme Court of the United States Home Page

   

First Amendment Resources T–Z

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Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Thomas Paine National Historical Association

United Nations International Human Rights Instruments

Universal Declaration of Human Rights See also Here you will find the most comprehensive collection of translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

   

Selected U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

   

Findlaw First Amendment Annotations Expanded