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Council of Europe holds expert assessment of the Ukrainian criminal law in the area of protection of the professional activity of journalists

The Council of Europe Project “Strengthening Freedom of Media and Establishing a Public Broadcasting System in Ukraine” carries out an expert assessment of the Ukrainian criminal law in the area of protection of the professional activity of journalists regarding its compliance with the Council of Europe standards upon the official request of the Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy.

On 18-19 July 2017 during the pre-expertise mission, the Council of Europe international expert, Darian Pavli, and national expert, Oleksandra Yanovska, held a number of meetings with the civil society organisations working in the media sphere, as well as with the representatives of law-enforcement agencies and judiciary involved in criminal proceedings into violations against journalists, and also with the representatives of the public authorities with the aim of gaining a comprehensive view of current issues of the  area in question.

The experts, in particular, had an opportunity to talk to the expert analysis initiator - Viktoria Siumar, member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy, as well as to meet with the representatives of the National Union of Journalists, Institute of Mass Information NGO, Platform for Human Rights NGO, the lawyer of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine, the judge of the High Specialised Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases, with the representatives of the Presidential Administration, of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine, as well as with the representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine.

The expert analysis will be presented in fall 2017.

 

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Kyiv, Ukraine 21 July 2017
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