Jacob Mchangama

Jacob Mchangama

Director of Legal Affairs, Center for Political Studies

Jacob Mchangama is director of legal affairs at the Center for Political Studies, a think tank based in Copenhagen, where he focuses on advocacy and academic research in the fields of human rights with a specific focus on freedom of expression.  He is also an external lecturer in international human rights law at the University of Copenhagen.  He has published numerous articles in academic journals as well as in international newspapers such as Wall Street Journal Europe, Globe and Mail, National Review, Reason, The Australian, South China Morning Post, Jerusalem Post, Hürriet Daily News, Voice of Russia, China Post, and Daily News (Egypt).  His work has been mentioned in international media including the Economist, Courrier International and CBS.com.  He is a frequent commentator for Danish TV and radio.  In 2010 he was voted the most influential Danish public intellectual under the age of 40 by Danish newspaper Politiken.



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Panel I: The Muslim World

Silenced: Are Global Trends to Ban Religious Defamation, Religious Insult, and Islamophobia a New Challenge to First Amendment Freedoms?

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Panel I: The Muslim World

Silenced: Are Global Trends to Ban Religious Defamation, Religious Insult, and Islamophobia a New Challenge to First Amendment Freedoms?

The 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie and the deadly 2006 Danish cartoon riots brought worldwide...

Panel I: The Muslim World

Silenced: Are Global Trends to Ban Religious Defamation, Religious Insult, and Islamophobia a New Challenge to First Amendment Freedoms?

The 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie and the deadly 2006 Danish cartoon riots brought worldwide...