Freedom of expression, media freedoms and (self) censorship in the OSCE area
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Staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in a conference which aims to raise awareness on how to best promote and bolster freedom of expression and media freedoms, and counter (self) censorship. The participants will identify concrete mechanisms to explore which media legislation, policies and practices best contribute to an open, informed society and healthy accountability of governments.
The conference builds on the December 2014 Basel Declaration of the Civic Solidarity Platform on intolerance, discrimination, and hate crimes, which asks for guidelines for states “on combatting hate speech in the media and the internet as well as by public officials and politicians, while also upholding freedom of expression”.
The results from the conference will also serve as input for a Belgrade Declaration on Freedom of Expression, planned for adoption by the Civic Solidarity Platform in December 2015, which is also aimed at the future OSCE Chairmanships, beginning with Germany in 2016.