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In December, 2013, Article 19 analysed the Draft Law on the Right of Access to Information of Palestine (Draft Law) for its compliance with international law and best practice in access to information. The Draft Law was prepared by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)...
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December, 01 2013
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Article 19
In March 2014, ARTICLE 19 analysed the Specifications on Private TV Station Standards for General Terms and Conditions for Licensing, Establishment and Utilisation (the specifications) adopted by the Tunisian broadcast regulator, the High Independent Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAICA...
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March, 01 2014
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Article 19
Considering the importance of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the country and the region, it is clear that all aspects of its operation – including the protection of confidential witnesses – are topics of legitimate public interest for the Lebanese public and the world at large. Therefore, in...
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April, 15 2015
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Article 19
This report looks at some of the ways that access to information can help persons with disabilities achieve their rights – and ways in which barriers to information can totally undermine their rights. It uses Lebanon as a case study. Lebanon has signed the CRPD but not yet ratified it – although...
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May, 01 2015
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Article 19
ARTICLE 19 is concerned that the Draft Law on the Repression of Offences against Armed Forces would give rise to unjustifiable, disproportionate restrictions on freedom of expression and freedom of information. If adopted, the Law would allow indiscriminate restriction of any expression that would...
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November, 05 2015
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Article 19
Information is the oxygen of democracy. If people do not know what is happening in their society, if the actions of those who rule them are hidden, then they cannot take a meaningful part in the affairs of that society. But information is not just a necessity for people – it is an essential part of...
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August, 29 1999
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Article 19
Broadcasting is by far the most important source of information, as well as of entertainment, for most people in countries around the world. High levels of illiteracy along with the difficulty of distributing newspapers mean that broadcasting is the only media which is accessible for many people....
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August, 29 2002
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Article 19
Most countries around the world, with a few notable exceptions, have a national publicly funded broadcaster. These broadcasting organisations can make an important contribution to the public’s right to a diversity of information and viewpoints, and the free flow of information and ideas. However,...
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August, 29 2005
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Article 19
The right to information is guaranteed in international law, including as part of the guarantee of freedom of expression in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many countries around the world are now giving legal effect to the right, both by enshrining access to...
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August, 29 2001
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Article 19
These Principles set out an appropriate balance between the human right to freedom of expression, guaranteed in UN and regional human rights instruments as well as nearly every national constitution, and the need to protect individual reputations, widely recognised by international human rights...
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June, 06 2000
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