Dunja Mijatović
Dunja Mijatović (born September 8, 1964 in Sarajevo ) has been the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe since 2018.
Life
Mijatović studied at the University of Bologna , the London School of Economics and graduated in 1987 from the University of Sarajevo with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. In 2002, she completed her master's degree in Internet and Freedom of Expression .
The former Director of the Radio, Communications and Regulatory Authority of Bosnia-Herzegovina succeeded Miklós Haraszti as OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2010 and was given a second three-year term in March 2013 Term of office appointed as representative.
In addition to her mother tongues, Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian, Mijatović is also fluent in German and English and has a basic knowledge of French and Russian.
Awards
Mijatović received the Charles Medal for European Media 2015, the "Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens", on April 30th in Aachen in the run-up to the Charlemagne Prize celebrations. Also in 2015 it was awarded the Concordia Prize in the category of freedom of the press and information .
Web links
- Website of the OSCE representative of the Freedom of the Media
- Far side of the OSCE over Dunja Mijatović
- Representative's Facebook page
- YouTube channel of the OSCE representative
Individual evidence
- ^ Wiener Zeitung on the person of Dunja Mijatović
- ^ Charles Medal for European Media 2015 for Dunja Mijatović ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Award ceremony 2015: Mijatovic, Delcheva and Chorherr awarded ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed January 24, 2017.
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SURNAME | Mijatović, Dunja |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Human rights advocate and expert in media law and media regulation |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarajevo |