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Getting the facts right - Reporting ethnicity & religion - Reports

A study realised by Media Diversity Institute on media coverage of ethnicity and religion in Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia and the United Kingdom

UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity - Reports

The UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity is a systematic UN-wide plan for a free, safe environment for journalists and media workers

Positive obligations on member States under Article 10 to protect journalists and prevent impunity - Legal Resources

This research report by Council of Europe/European Court of Human Rights explains the principles of positive obligations on states implied by article 10 of ECHR, focusing on the obligation to protect journalists and prevent impunity 

Slovakia: Does Media Policy Promote Media Freedom and Independence? - Reports

In the framework of a project funded by the European Union – “European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing and Reclaiming Free and Independent Media in Contemporary Democratic Systems” – this study combines a country-based study with a comparative analysis across media sectors and media services in Slovakia

The Right of Access to Information in Cyprus. Report and Recommendations - Reports

A report collecting the findings of a research on the right of access to information in Cyprus, conducted in 2010 by Access Info Europe, KAB and IKME as part of the Access Info Cyprus Project

General comment No. 34 on Article 19 ICCPR - Legal Resources

The UN Human Rights Committee's fundamental remarks on Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on freedoms of opinion and expression

Professional journalism and self-regulation. New media, old dilemmas in South East Europe and Turkey - Reports

This UNESCO report provides an important insight into the evolution, current status and challenges of the effective implementation of media self-regulation systems in South East Europe and Turkey

Media freedom and pluralism. Media policy challenges in the Enlarged Europe - Books

Media freedom and pluralism by Beata Klimkiewicz provides a critical analysis of major issues and challenges for media policy in the European Union and Council of Europe member states, at times in which media environments and regulations are undergoing deep transformations

European Charter on the Freedom of the Press - Legal Resources

The charter formulates principles for the freedom of the press from government interference - in particular for their right to safety from surveillance, electronic eavesdropping and searches of editorial departments and computers, and to unimpeded access for journalists and citizens to all domestic and foreign sources of information

Manual on Hate Speech - Manuals

A manual by the Council of Europe on the legal instruments, political initiatives, and case-law concerning hate speech in Europe during the last decades, with a special focus on the activity of the European Court of Human Rights