Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Representative on Freedom of the Media

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media observes media developments in all 56 OSCE participating States. She provides early warning on violations of freedom of expression and promotes full compliance with OSCE press freedom commitments.

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addresses the OSCE Permanent Council at the Hofburg in Vienna, 29 November 2012.

OSCE representative concerned over threat to media pluralism in Kazakhstan

VIENNA, 29 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today that legal proceedings initiated against several media outlets in Kazakhstan might severely undermine media pluralism in the country...

OSCE Representative highlights journalists’ safety, Internet governance in report to Permanent Council

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, told participating States there was still much to be done to end violence against journalists in her last official report of the year to the OSCE Permanent Council on 29 November 2012...

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, during a conference on digital freedom, The Hague, 9 December 2011.

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Italian Senate’s rejection of libel legislation, calls for full decriminalization of defamation

VIENNA, 28 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the rejection by the Senate in Rome of the proposal to retain imprisonment for defamation in the Italian Criminal Code...

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, at the seventh UN Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, 8 November 2012.

Italy should not jail journalists for libel says OSCE media freedom representative

VIENNA, 16 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over pending legislation that would make imprisonment a penalty for criminal libel in Italy...

File photo: Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 18 June 2012.

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Skopje authorities’ decriminalization of libel

VIENNA, 14 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended the government and Parliament in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for decriminalizing defamation...

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, addresses journalists at the opening of a training course on the safety of journalists during public demonstrations. The course was organized by the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Press Council of Azerbaijan, Baku, 10 November 2012.

OSCE media freedom office and Azerbaijan Press Council hold training on safety of journalists, access to information

BAKU, 13 November 2012 – Training courses for journalists, law enforcement officers and government spokespersons in Azerbaijan held by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media to promote the safety of reporters and public access to official information concluded today...

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, meeting with Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov (l) during her official visit to Azerbaijan, Baku, 9 November 2012.

OSCE media freedom representative, in Baku, highlights to authorities need for safe media environment, visits journalists in detention

BAKU, 9 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed media freedom issues with high-ranking officials and media as part of her official visit to Azerbaijan, during which she also visited journalists in detention...

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, speaking at the seventh UN Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, 8 November 2012.

Journalists’ safety key challenge to free speech online and offline, says OSCE media freedom representative at Baku Internet conference

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at the seventh UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), in Baku on 7 November 2012, said that safety of journalists, bloggers and media activists is one of the main challenges to both a free press and freedom of expression on the Internet...