Around the world, democratic norms are declining, putting journalists in increasing danger. The past year has been the deadliest on record for the number of journalists killed. The number of media in ...
Can Yeginsu
Professor Can Yeginsu is an international human rights lawyer and currently serves as the Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom. The High Level Panel is the independent advisory body to the Media Freedom Coalition of States. Professor Yeginsu is a practising English barrister who is recognised as one of the United Kingdom’s leading lawyers in the fields of civil liberties, human rights, and international law.
Professor Yeginsu currently represents (with Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher) Nobel Peace Laureate, Maria Ressa, and has acted as lead counsel for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in cases before the European Court of Human Rights. He has advised numerous media companies including Dow Jones, Bloomberg, and Vice. He is currently lead counsel for the detained Egyptian dissident and writer Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
Professor Yeginsu teaches international law at Columbia Law School and Georgetown University Law Centre. He is a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow at the International Claims and Reparations Project at Columbia Law which is currently advising the Government of Ukraine.
Events IJF 2025
Silencing the press: the global spread of foreign agent laws and their impact on journalism
Foreign agent laws and their increasing application to media organisations and journalists have been spreading like wildfire. This panel will explore the insidious expansion of these laws and their ch...
