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ECPMF ECtHR Conference e-book: introduction, presentations and conclusions

Key Details

  • Themes
    Freedom of Association and Assembly / Protests, Privacy, Data Protection and Retention, Defamation / Reputation

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR PRESS AND MEDIA FREEDOM – ECPMF-ECtHR Conference e-book  

On March 24, 2017 the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom with the support of Council of the Europe (CoE) organised the conference “Promoting dialogue between the European Court of Human Rights and the media freedom community. Freedom of expression and the role and case law of the European Court of Human Rights: developments and challenges”. The conference took place in Strasbourg.

The three key themes of this conference were: (1) defamation, privacy and the processing of personal data, (2) investigative journalism in relation to newsgathering, access to official documents and the importance of the protection of sources and whistleblowers, as well as (3) the right to protest and the role of the media during protests.

The conference resulted in fruitful discussions of the ECtHR’s recent case law relating to freedom of expression, media and journalism. The keynote speakers, the moderators, the speakers and participants played a crucial role on the productive dialogue between judges and civil society.

These discussions have been collected and presented in this conference e-book in form of conclusions. In addition, unedited speeches and presentations of the speakers are incorporated in this publication. The conference was broadcast live and video links to all speakers’ presentations are included as well. Lastly, a summary of social media coverage is also integrated.

Authors

Dirk Voorhoof

Prof. em., Human Rights Center, Ghent University and Legal Human Academy, Denmark