European press freedom charter
The European Charter of Freedom of the Press is a non-binding guideline on freedom of the press , which was signed on May 25, 2009 by 48 publishers and leading journalists from 19 European countries. This includes z. B. the prohibition of censorship , free access to national and international sources of information and the freedom of information collection and distribution.
The charter summarizes the main principles of media freedom in 10 articles , including the prohibition of surveillance , spying and searching of editorial offices and their computers. Furthermore, the Charter expresses the need to give journalists and citizens unhindered access to sources of information and names values that public institutions - states as well as the European Union - should respect when dealing with journalists.
The idea of the charter came up for the first time in 2007, as a product of the dialogue that has been taking place annually since 2005 between EU commissioner Viviane Reding and editors-in-chief of leading European newspapers, led by Hans-Ulrich Jörges vom Stern .
The charter was handed over to the European Commission and the Council of Europe on June 9 and October 26, 2009, respectively , with the aim of making it a benchmark for assessing media freedom in member and candidate countries of the organizations mentioned, as well as the relations of journalists in all of Europe to improve the respective state authorities.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c PressFreedom.eu ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Commissioner Reding welcomes New European Charter on Freedom of the Press
