ForHum is among the signatories of an urgent statement concerning the ongoing detention of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar, published by Cartoonists Rights on July 22nd. Please find an extract from the statement below.
July 22nd, …
The Forum for Humor and the Law will be present at the 36th conference of the International Society for Humor Studies (Niterói, Brazil, 6-10 July 2026) with a panel titled Humor studies and free speech adjudication: From theory to practice…
Alberto Godioli & Luisa Fernanda Isaza-Ibarra (University of Groningen / ForHum)
In this invited public comment to Meta’s Oversight Board, we discuss the ongoing case AI video faking UK politician’s immigration views…
On April 17th, ForHum co-director Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen) and Tjeerd Royaards (director of Cartoon Movement) conducted a workshop titled The importance of humour for democracy: good humour vs bad humour, as …
Alberto Godioli & Luisa Fernanda Isaza-Ibarra (University of Groningen / Forum for Humor and the Law)
This text has been submitted as an invited Public Comment to Meta’s Oversight Board, concerning the ongoing case of the AI-generated video of …
Rohaan Thomas Mathew (LLM Utrecht University)
Humour has historically served as a tool for stimulating public debate, receiving a high level of protection from state interference in international law. At …
On April 17th, ForHum co-director Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen) will conduct an interactive workshop session with award-winning cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards (Cartoon Movement), as part of the 20th edition of the International Journalism Festival (Perugia, Italy, 15-18 April 2026).
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ForHum co-founder Laura Little (Temple University) recently joined the Voxtopica podcast Amended! (hosted by Liberty Vittert) for an episode focusing on satire and freedom of expression. More details below:
…Free speech: the most iconic right guaranteed by the First Amendment.
João Paulo Capelotti (practicing lawyer, Curitiba, Brazil)
On February 23rd, controversial Brazilian stand-up comedian Leonardo de Lima Borges Lins, who had been convicted to 8 years in prison by a federal judge …
A new report on the situation of threatened press cartoonists around the world will be released on March 2, 2026. It is the result of a joint effort by Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights…