To make freedom of expression a reality all over the world, we undertake the following:

Working in Partnership: ARTICLE 19 works worldwide – in partnership with fifty-two national organisations in more than thirty countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East - to lead institutional, cultural and legal change.

Monitoring and Research: ARTICLE 19 monitors threats to freedom of expression in different regions of the world, as well as national and global trends and develops long-term strategies to address them.

Advocacy and Campaigning: ARTICLE 19 advocates for the implementation of the highest standards of freedom of expression, nationally and globally. For instance, ARTICLE 19 spearheaded the global campaign on behalf of Salman Rushdie. With its national partners, ARTICLE 19 has run successful access to information campaigns, raised public awareness about freedom of expression, advocated on behalf of specific individuals whose rights have been violated, etc..

Standard-Setting: ARTICLE 19 produces legal standards which strengthen media, public broadcasting, free expression and access to information, and promotes these standards with regional and international inter-governmental organisations.

Legal Development: ARTICLE 19 produces legal analyses and critiques of national laws, including media laws. We draft model laws to assist civil society organisations and governments in developing appropriate national standards of protection and we advocate for legal and judicial change.

Litigation: ARTICLE 19 undertakes litigation in international and domestic courts on behalf of individuals or groups whose rights have been violated. Our submissions are quoted in court rulings from Austria to Zimbabwe

Capacity-Building: ARTICLE 19 provides legal and professional training, and mentoring to national actors, including NGOs, judges and lawyers, journalists, media owners, media lawyers, public officials and parliamentarians. We run training-of-trainer programmes, support the creation of national or regional campaigning networks; and foster cross-sectoral relations and initiatives among NGOs and governments.

Lobbying: ARTICLE 19 lobbies national governments, international and regional bodies to bring national laws in line with the best international standards and on behalf of individuals and groups who are persecuted for expressing their views

Cutting Edge Research and Policy Development: ARTICLE 19 is a pioneer in applying a free speech analysis to all aspects of our lives. For example, the organisation was one of the first to connect freedom of expression with development; censorship with environmental rights; access to information with the exercise of reproductive rights. Our pioneering work has also included an analysis of the role of broadcast media in the Rwandan genocide and of the media in the former Yugoslavia conflict.