At the Copenhagen Summit on Artistic Freedom of Expression, the undersigned organizations resolved that:

There is an urgent necessity to launch an international initiative to protect and promote freedom of artistic expression (in the visual arts, music, dance, film, writers, theatre etc.) with the goal of increasing awareness about violations of freedom of expression in the arts among artists and the arts sector, in the media, among political bodies, human rights and free speech organizations, as well as among the general public.

This initiative will:

serve as an information exchange
monitor and analyse censorship in the arts worldwide with the goal of identifying trends and creating an understanding of the various mechanisms of censorship and persecution of artists for their creative work
publicly expose the persecution and censorship of artists
advocate in support of artistic freedom worldwide
hold governments accountable to their obligations under the relevant international conventions and national laws
direct artists in distress to existing information, funding and other resources for emergency and ongoing support and facilitate their relationship with relevant funders and defenders of human rights

Arterial Network

ECA - European Council of Artists

ECSA - European Composer and Songwriter Alliance

FERA – FEDERATION OF European Film directors (TBC)

FIA -International Federation of Actors

freeDimensional

Freemuse

ICAF - International Committee for Artists’ Freedom

IETM - International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts

Index on Censorship

PEN International

NCAC – National Coalition Against Censorship (TBC)