{"id":40205,"date":"2024-02-20T13:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T12:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=40205"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T13:37:23","slug":"who-pandemic-treaty-censorship-infodemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/who-pandemic-treaty-censorship-infodemic","title":{"rendered":"WHO pandemic treaty negotiations resume while concerns mount about censorship threats: \u201ccure cannot be worse than the disease\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40205\" class=\"elementor elementor-40205\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58e896b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58e896b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f278f17\" data-id=\"2f278f17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31781860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31781860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">D<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">raft treaty <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">threaten<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">s<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"> <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">free<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">dom of<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"> <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">expression <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">by requiring governments to <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">manage <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">infodemics\u201d <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"> <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">defined<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"> as \u201ctoo much <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">information<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"> \u2013 and \u201ccombat <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">false, <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">misleading<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"> information\u201d as well as \u201c<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">misinformation and <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">disinformation<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; 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word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Negotiations on WHO Pandemic Agreement resume in subgroups until 1 March 2024, ahead of its planned adoption in May 2024. ADF International calls for the removal of certain language detrimental to free speech<\/span><\/b><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c45550b elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c45550b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/un_geneva.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-40952\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/un_geneva.webp 900w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/un_geneva-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/un_geneva-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ade7c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18ade7c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GENEVA (20 February 2024)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Negotiations have resumed this week at the World Health Organisation (WHO) on a \u201cpandemic treaty\u201d, a legally binding instrument that aims to strengthen the WHO\u2019s role in preventing, preparing for, and responding to future pandemics. Free speech experts have raised concerns about the intended restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-focus\/freedom-of-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freedom of expression<\/a> in the international agreement. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The draft text currently under consideration would commit states to \u201ccombat\u201d such things as misleading information, misinformation, or disinformation, without offering a definition for these terms or specifying how this would be done. It would also require the \u201cmanagement\u201d of so-called \u201cinfodemics,\u201d defined as \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">too much information<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> false or misleading information during a disease outbreak\u201d causing \u201cconfusion\u201d as well as \u201cmistrust\u201d in health authorities.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449628b5 elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"449628b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe current draft of the WHO Pandemic Agreement <span style=\"color: #AF272F\">implies that people must be protected from \u2018information\u2019 that could subjectively be labelled \u2018misleading\u2019 or simply considered \u2018too much\u2019 by authorities.\u201c <\/span>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Giorgio Mazzoli, Director of UN Advocacy at ADF International<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ebf5c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ebf5c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">States required to combat \u201cmisleading\u201d and manage \u201ctoo much information\u201d regardless of accuracy<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cEspecially in the context of a pandemic, the unrestricted flow of information is essential. Yet, the current draft of the WHO Pandemic Agreement implies that people must be protected from \u2018information\u2019 that could subjectively be labelled \u2018misleading\u2019 or simply considered \u2018too much\u2019 by authorities. Such an approach poses a clear threat to freedom of expression. The imperative of effectively preventing and responding to future pandemic threats should not come at the price of our fundamental freedoms,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/giorgio-mazzoli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giorgio Mazzoli<\/a>, Director of UN Advocacy with ADF International. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The freedom to seek, receive and impart <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/statement-adf-international-stands-for-freedom-of-expression-alongside-us-congress-members-international-experts-expressing-concern-over-who-pandemic-treaty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">information<\/a> and ideas is protected by numerous international and regional human rights treaties. Yet, if adopted as currently drafted, the WHO Pandemic Agreement would set a dangerously low standard of regard for free speech during a public health crisis. Any government could refer to its obligations under the treaty to limit freedom of expression at such times.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Treaty will serve as a blueprint for future pandemics <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cFreedom of expression, including the right to seek and receive information, is necessary to ensure scrutiny and accountability over critical public health decisions. Without publicly available information, people cannot assess the lawfulness and effectiveness of the actions taken by authorities,\u201d Mazzoli continued. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Pandemic Agreement is poised to serve as a blueprint for how the WHO and the international community will head off future pandemics. Considering its importance and binding nature, the process for negotiating the text \u2013 which began in March 2023 \u2013 has been exceptionally fast compared to typical timelines. Concerningly, the draft text expressly excludes the possibility for states to enter \u201creservations\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is, opting out of any provision of the treaty. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe must be vigilant to protect hard-won rights \u2013 especially in times of crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEveryone agrees that life is precious and that states have an interest in protecting public health. But some of the most grave and systematic human rights abuses of the last century unfolded during public emergencies and we must be vigilant to protect hard-won rights \u2013 especially in times of crisis. When it comes to vague and undefined concepts such as misinformation or disinformation, the cure is far worse than the disease,\u201d Mazzoli concluded.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-563629c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"563629c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1756eed6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1756eed6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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