Freedom of speech has been a well discussed subject. Great philosophers and theoretics like Plato, Voltaire, Locke and Mill have again and again showed the importance of freedom of speech. Since the world have become bystanders to a series of events that can only classify as crimes aganst freedom of speech, it has become more important to study the phenomenon and analyse it. By finding cases where the freedom of speech has been compromised and analyse them in frames of three different theories, the argument of truth, the argument of democracy and the argument of tolerance, this paper makes the boundaries of freedom of speech a little clearer, and also makes a discussion about how reasonable the boundaries are possible. Everything according to the three theories.

Viena svarbiausių žmogaus teisių ir demokratinės visuomenės atributų, įtvirtinančių ideologinį, kultūrinį, politinį pliuralizmą, yra minties, tikėjimo ir žodžio laisvė. Šios laisvės deklaruojamos įvairių valstybių konstitucijose, tarptautiniuose teisės dokumentuose. Žodžio laisvė, vykstant taikiems debatams padeda nustatyti tiesą. Minties ir saviraiškos laisvė skatina visuomenės narius atskleisti savo sugebėjimus ir realizuoti save ne tik politinėje arenoje, bet ir meno, kultūros srityse. Tikėjimo laisvė vysto atvirą, tolerantišką, pilietinę visuomenę, skatina sugyventi skirtingas kultūras, gina įvairiausių etninių bei religinių mažumų teises. Minties, tikėjimo ir žodžio laisvę galima suprasti dvejopai – kaip subjektyvią teisę turėti savo įsitikinimus bei laisvai juos reikšti. Tačiau šios laisvės nėra absoliučios – jos ribojamos reikalavimais, būtinais demokratinėje visuomenėje konstitucinei santvarkai bei kitoms žmogaus teisėms bei laisvėms apsaugoti. Išnagrinėjus mokslininkų doktriną, Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucijos nuostatas, įtvirtinančias minties, tikėjimo ir žodžio laisves, Lietuvos Respublikos įstatymus, susijusius su nagrinėjama laisve, Lietuvos Respublikos teismų ir Europos Žmogaus teisių teismo jurisprudenciją bylose, susijusiose su minties, tikėjimo ir žodžio laisve, darytina išvada, kad Lietuvos teisei ypač svarbi Europos žmogaus teisių ir pagrindinių laisvių apsaugos konvencija, reglamentuojanti minties, tikėjimo ir žodžio laisvės turinį ir jos įgyvendinimo... [to full text] / One of the most important human rights and attributes of open democratic society, which establishes ideological, cultural and political pluralism, is the freedom of thought, religion and word. The freedom of word helps to find out the truth during the peaceful debates. The freedom of though and expression encourages members of society to reveal their individuality and realize themselves not only in the poltical arena, but also in the area of art and culture. The freedom of religion develops open, tolerant, civil society, prompts different cultures to get along, defends the rights of various etnic and confession minorities. The right to the freedom of thought, religion and expression can be understood in two ways – as the subjective right to have convictions and the right to freely express them. However these freedoms are not absolute and unconditional – they are restricted by the requirements necessary to protect the constitutional political system of democratic society and other human rights and freedoms. Having analysed the doctrine of scientists, norms of Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania instituting the freedom of thought, religion and expression, the national laws of Lithuania, jurisprudence of Lithuanian courts and European Court of Human Rights in cases connected with the said freedom, a conlusion may be drawn that the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms regulating content of freedom of thought, religion and expression and... [to full text]

Abstract Many opinions are divided on what religious freedom should protect and the area is unexploredin preschool. Is it the parents, the child or preschool teacher right? The aim of the studywas to investigate Maria klasson Sundin´s concept and theoretical models of religious freedomfor children through three Swedish preschool settings and also how three teachers interpretsand expresses children's freedom of religion. Through a qualitative interview study theaim was to investigate how the concepts of religion, autonomy and freedom is interpreted andexpressed by the teachers so a picture through this three concepts can categorise the teachersin a model; freedom of thought, tradition and life interpretation model so a broader picturecan be made to understand how the children's freedom of religion is expressed in the preschoolsetting and how the teachers work. The Result showed through the analysis that themodels fail to categorise the teachers in any theoretical model but on the other hand the understandingof preschool teacher’s expression and interpretation of the concept of religion,autonomy and freedom showed both diversity and lack of knowledge on the subject mattersreligious freedom which fall within the child rights issues. Furthermore the analysis showsthat children in preschool lack religious freedom, it can be interpreted rather in terms of afreedom of parents and preschool teachers. Further research is needed in the area of children'srights and religious freedom for preschool children and their teachers in (e.g.) investigate differenceof public municipal and private preschools, religious, and non-religious.

Submitted by Valdinei Souza (neisouza@hotmail.com) on 2015-10-08T19:18:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO ALINE ALVES BANDEIRA.pdf: 1410185 bytes, checksum: 4ef5c08d6a674fd98037967d01a6f659 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Urania Araujo (urania@ufba.br) on 2016-02-26T20:55:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO ALINE ALVES BANDEIRA.pdf: 1410185 bytes, checksum: 4ef5c08d6a674fd98037967d01a6f659 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T20:55:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO ALINE ALVES BANDEIRA.pdf: 1410185 bytes, checksum: 4ef5c08d6a674fd98037967d01a6f659 (MD5) / O direito à informação encontra-se assegurado na Constituição Federal vigente no Brasil. A Lei de Arquivos e as suas regulamentações dispõem sobre o direito à informação a ser exercitado pelo indivíduo e pela população em geral. Ao Estado cabe a obrigação de disponibilizar informações contida em arquivos mantidos pelo poder público. A presente pesquisa procurou estabelecer um estudo conjunto da Ciência da Informação, do Direito e da Arquivística no sentido de aferir se a regulamentação que se tem produzido em relação ao direito à informação consagrado na CF-88 impede a aplicação ou cumprimento desse direito. Tem-se como recorte da pesquisa os Poderes Executivo Federal e Legislativo Federal, durante o período de 05/10/1988 (data da publicação da atual Constituição Federal Brasileira) a 31/12/2005. Houve a abordagem da accountability como elemento significativo para a construção de uma sociedade mais democrática, haja vista que o Estado que mantém aberto o canal comunicacional com o seu povo promove a legitimidade administrativa. Entretanto, no que concerne à realidade brasileira há um grande hiato entre a mencionada transparência governamental e a disponibilização de informações acerca da gestão pública pelos agentes políticos e governamentais. Faz-se alusão à necessidade de o ator social conhecer o seu direito à informação contida em arquivos dos poderes públicos, bem como conhecer os instrumentos de defesa dos seus direitos, pois o conteúdo informacional para agregar valor ao agente receptor, há de ser inteligível, socializando-se o conhecimento. / The right to information is assured in the Federal Constitution in force at present in Brazil. The Law on Archives and its regulation dispose on the right to information to be exercised by the individual and the population in general. The State has the obligation to make information available to the votting public and, in turn, a person has the authority to acess information contained in archives held within the public domain. The present research sought to set up a joint study group on Information Science, the Law and Archives to gauge the extent to wich the regulation that has been produced in relation to the right to information enshrined in CF-88actually impedes the application of execution of that right. The research focuses on Executive and Legislative Federal Powers, covering the period from 05/10/88(the publication of current Brazilian Federal Constitution)to 31/12/2005. The approach used was what of accountability in the sense of building of a more democratic society; in that, the State that maintains open a channel of communication with its people promotes administrative ligitimacy. However, what is of concem about Brazilian reality at present is that there is a big gap between the above-mentioned government transparency and the information made available concerning public administration by the political and government agents.The study refers to the need for the social actor to know theis rights of acess to information contained in archives kept by the State - as well as to know how to act in defense of their rights-because in order for informative content to be of value to the receiving agent it must be intelligble, becoming socialized knowledge.

Political tolerance is defined as the willingness to tolerate political ideas, actions, or practices of others that one disapproves of or finds objectionable. Tolerance is considered an indispensable democratic virtue. Contemporary debate in liberal, pluralistic societies covers a variety of controversies regarding tolerance as a concept, its exact meaning as well as its practical boundaries. Other factors such as different perceived threats by the majority group lower tolerance towards minority groups even in democratically stable countries. Sweden as a state rest on a strong liberal democratic foundation with emphasis on individual freedom and dignity as well as to the idea of political equality. Meanwhile, Sweden is confronted with increasing intolerant attitudes and public expressions of intolerance towards immigrants as well as other minority groups. Another consequence is hesitation among citizens to publicly express their opinions and a sense of self-censorship. Thus, the state fails to guarantee all individuals their equal right to political freedom and self-determination.  Although previous research has recognized the challenge of balancing political tolerance with other democratic values such as equality and autonomy, no such study has yet been conducted. This thesis is a contribution to the field of research. The aim is to empirically study how tolerance is expressed from a liberal democratic perspective on freedom of expression and thought towards three minority groups in Sweden: Jews, the Saami people, and Muslims. Applying a qualitative, comparative method, the thesis analyses how tolerance is expressed in media based on three liberal democratic core values: participation, autonomy, and equality. The chosen method provides a deeper understanding of how toleration is expressed towards each minority group. It also shows how the minority groups equal right to freedom of expression and thought is perceived. The results show that each minority group provides a different perceived threat in which toleration towards them are affected. The results therefore questions if there is an indication of a difference in the perception of citizens equal right to freedom of expression and thought in Sweden as a liberal democratic, pluralistic state.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cristiane Maria Freitas de Mello.pdf: 814956 bytes, checksum: b0e04d3332d5cd3010f5271cc77b1b72 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-12 / This study aims to investigate the freedom of expression of the employee on social networks, focusing on the right to criticism and its impact on the employment contract, notably with reference to the image of the employer, because there is no law that concerns this complex discussion. The deductive method was used, and by reason of incipient discussion about the topic in Brazil, the foreign doctrine and jurisprudence has been studied with use of the comparative method. By reason of multiple laws of several derivations, this study extended to other areas of legal sciences as Constitutional, Civil and Labor law, aiming to show the connection between freedom of expression, Democratic State, as a finalistic political formula, and human dignity. Adopting this interdisciplinary perspective, it can be shown how natural persons and business' entities are bound to constitutional laws that define rights and guarantees, and can yield the assertion of the labor rights claims that are nonspecific in the company scope. Since the worker, in his special situation of subordination, has several duties that impose restrictions on his freedom of expression, the obligations of fidelity and loyalty were also studied. By reason of absence of primacy among rights to honor and image, and right of freedom of expression. It was deduced that the need for implementing the method of weighing between the principles of the factual case and preserving the essential core principle that does not prevail, even in social networks. Therefore, the reasonable exercise of the right of criticism in social networks without abuse and without the use of excessive and insulting terms is, in principle, given the importance of freedom of expression in a democratic state. This right however, does not protect either crimes of libel, defamation and slander, or the criticisms aiming to disseminate strategic information, by instances from the organization structure, methods of production or sensitive data of the company / O presente estudo busca investigar a liberdade de expressão do empregado nas redes sociais, mormente o direito de crítica e sua repercussão no contrato de trabalho, especialmente quanto à imagem do empregador, pois não existe no ordenamento jurídico pátrio qualquer normativo que verse sobre essa complexa discussão. Para tanto, foi utilizado o método dedutivo e, em razão do incipiente debate no Brasil acerca do tema, o método comparativo, com verificação da questão na doutrina e jurisprudência estrangeira. Em razão da pluralidade de normas de diversas derivações, a pesquisa se estendeu por outras áreas das ciências jurídicas, como Direito Constitucional, Civil e Trabalhista, visando evidenciar a conexão entre a liberdade de expressão, o Estado Democrático de Direito, enquanto fórmula política de caráter finalístico, e a dignidade da pessoa humana, para assim concluir pela vinculação dos particulares às normas constitucionais definidoras de direitos e garantias e pela afirmação dos direitos inespecíficos trabalhistas no âmbito da empresa. Como o trabalhador, na sua especial situação de subordinação, está sujeito a uma série de deveres que supõem restrições ao exercício de sua liberdade de expressão, foram estudadas as fronteiras do direito de crítica, com aprofundamento nos deveres de boa-fé e, consequentemente, de lealdade e fidelidade. Em razão da ausência de primazia dos direitos à honra e à imagem sobre o direito de liberdade de expressão, porque são igualmente tutelados pelo texto constitucional, deduziu-se pela necessidade de aplicação do método de ponderação entre os princípios no caso concreto de colisão, com a preservação do núcleo essencial do princípio não prevalente, ainda que no âmbito das redes sociais. Logo, o exercício razoável, ou seja, sem abusos, sem a utilização de termos excessivos e insultuosos, do direito de crítica nas redes sociais é, em princípio, pleno, dada a importância da liberdade de expressão no Estado democrático. Tal direito, contudo, não protege os crimes de injúria, difamação e calúnia, nem as críticas tendentes a divulgar informações sobre a organização e os métodos de produção da empresa ou dados sigilosos