World Press Freedom Day 2018
Wed, 2 May - 15:30 to 17:00
Parallel Session 6
Wed, 2 May - 15:30 to 17:00
Parallel Session 6
Ole Reitov
Founder and former Executive Director of Freemus
Founder and former Executive Director of Freemus
Ole Reitov (Denmark) is founder and former Executive Director of Freemuse, an international organization advocating and defending artistic freedom. Mr Reitov initiated the first World Conference on Music & Censorship in 1998 and the first ever World Conference on Artistic Freedom in 2012. He is member of the UNESCO Expert Facility and has served as expert consultant to the UN Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights for the 2013 report “The right to freedom of artistic expression and creativity”. He also contributed as lead author of the chapter on “artistic freedom” to the 2015 UNESCO Global Report “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies”.