CENSORSHIP and freedom of expression COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Burcu Pelvanoğlu (Turkey), Niilofur Farrukh (Chair, Pakistan), Liam Kelly (Ireland), Danièle Perrier (Germany), Malgorzata Kazmierczak, (ex-officio, Poland), Jean Bundy (USA), Rafael Cardoso (Germany), Uta M. Reindl (Germany), Ulrika Stahre (Sweden), Joke de Wolf (Netherlands), Álvaro Zamora Castro (Costa Rica), Franck Hermann EKRA (Open Section), Andrew Maerkle (Japan), Gergely Nagy (Hungry), Adriana Almada ( Paraguay), Eric Wear ( Open Section previously Hong Kong), Fredi Casco (Paraguay)

MISSION STATEMENT

Term
The Chairs and the members of these Committees are customarily chosen from among the members of the Board, with or without voting rights. The terms of office of Chairs and the membership of Committees are determined by the needs of their mandates and may be reviewed and amended, if necessary, by the Board and the General Assembly.

Aims of the committee
The Committee was established to develop a strategic policy on artistic freedom of expression and an appropriate framework of response. It considers and responds to cases of censorship of exhibitions, artworks and critical writing. The Committee will be proactive as well as reactive on issues related to intellectual freedom.
The International Association of Art Critics (AICA) is a global organization, established in 1948, comprising art critics who are anxious to improve international cooperation in the fields of artistic creativity, mediation and endeavour. AICA firmly believes that freedom of expression is an important principle and as a basic civil right must be defended.
A hallmark of a democracy is its willingness to allow, consider and withstand critical as well as benign points of view. As such it underlines the role and importance of art to engage with social and political issues in a free and open society.