Jacob Mchangama is director of legal affairs at independent think tank CEPOS in Copenhagen, and external lecturer in human rights law at the University of Copenhagen. He has published articles on freedom of expression and human rights in the Wall Street Journal Europe, The Times (UK), NPR, CBS.com, Jerusalem Post, National Review, South China Morning Post, Jyllands-Posten and many other places
Free speech isn't a threat to religion; it's a safeguard
Free speech and freedom of religion, properly understood, do not conflict; they reinforce each other
- 17 May 2013
UN distorting human rights yet again
The so-called "Right to Food" allows even totalitarian regimes to present themselves as deeply committed to human rights – just not the ones that really matter
- 11 May 2012
Jailings for racism on Twitter? Britain’s forgotten fight for free speech
After student Liam Stacey is jailed for 56 days for a racist tweet about Fabrice Muamba, we need to re-think our approach to free speech, and learn a bit of history
- 29 March 2012
The European Court of Human Rights versus freedom of expression
The glaring discrepancy between the Court’s invention of new rights nowhere to be found in the ECHR and its hostility towards free speech underscores the urgent need for reform
- 21 February 2012
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