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This legal review analyses the draft Law on Diligence and Responsibility Online of the Republic of Austria. The analysis was commissioned by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and conducted by Prof Nikolaus Forgó, Professor of Law at the University of Vienna. The draft Law was analysed and compared with OSCE commitments and international standards on freedom of expression and media freedom.

6th Annual South East Europe Media Conference, Sarajevo, 18-19 June 2019.

This legal review analyses the amendments to the Law on Audio and Audio-visual media services in North Macedonia. The analysis was prepared by Professor Dr Katrin Nyman Metcalf, a renowned international expert in communications law.

This legal review analyses the current law on Electronic Media of Montenegro, aimed at assisting local authorities in the preparation of future amendments. The analysis was prepared by Professor Dr Sandra Bašić-Hrvatin, a well-known expert in Montenegro. The law was analysed and compared with OSCE commitments, the EU Directive on Audio-visual Media Services and Council of Europe recommendations.

Journalists under attack: a threat to media freedom Conference, Vienna, 12 April 2019.

The Republic of North Macedonia has had an access to information law in force since 2006, with a series of subsequent amendments. This analysis is of the amendments proposed in the "Draft Law amending and supplementing the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Character."

This legal review analyses the recent amendments on the right of reply introduced in the Statute on Periodic Press and News Agencies of Slovakia (Zákon o periodickej tlači a agentúrnom spravodajstve), No. 167/2008 Z. z., as amended on 11 October 2018. The legal review was prepared by Dr. Andrey Rikhter, Senior Adviser, Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (Vienna), and Professor of Media Studies habilitated in Slovakia. The current amendments were submitted to the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic on 11 January 2019.

Introductory Remarks on The Scope of Legitimate Restrictions in Times of Emergency by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Vienna, 21 February 2019

Communiqué No. 1/2019, issued by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media