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Bibliography

Committee of Ministers

  • Recommendation no. R(96)10 to member States on the guarantee of the independence of public service broadcasting (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 September 1996 at the 573rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
  • Recommendation No. R (99)1 to member States on measures to promote media pluralism (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 19 January 1999,at the 656th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
  • Recommendation Rec(2000)23 to member States on the independence and functions of regulatory authorities for the broadcasting sector (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 20 December 2000 at the 735th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
  • Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the guarantee of the independence of public service broadcasting in the member states (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 27 September 2006 at the 974th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies) 
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)2 to member States on media pluralism and diversity of media content (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 31 January 2007 at the 985th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)3 to member States on the remit of public service media in the information society (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 31 January 2007 at the 985th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)1 to member States on public service media governance (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 15 February 2012 at the 1134th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies) 
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)1 to member States on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 7 March 2018 at the 1309th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies) 
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)4 to member States on promoting a favourable environment for quality journalism in the digital age (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 17 March 2022 at the 1429th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies) 
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)11 to member States on principles for media and communication governance (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 6 April 2022 at the 1431st meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies) 
  • Explanatory Memorandum to Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)11 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on principles for media and communication governance 

European Court of Human Rights Case-law

  • Handyside v. the United Kingdom, 5493/72, 7 December 1976
  • Lingens v. Austria, 9815/82, 8 July 1986
  • Informationsverein Lentia and others v. Austria, 13914/88; 15041/89; 15717/89; 15779/89; 17207/90, 24 November 1993
  • Jersild v. Denmark, 15890/89, 23 September 1994
  • Fuentes Bobo v. Spain, 39293/98, 29 February 2000
  • Özgür Gündem v. Turkey, 23144/93, 16 March 2000
  • Vgt Verein gegen Tierfabriken v. Switzerland, 24699/94, 28 June 2001
  • Appleby and Others v. the United Kingdom, 44306/98, 6 May 2003
  • Pedersen and Baadsgaard v. Denmark, 49017/99, 19 June 2003
  • Radio France and others v. France, 53984/00, 30 March 2004
  • Faccio v. Italy, 33/04, 31 March 2009
  • Wojtas-Kaleta v. Poland, 20436/02, 16 October 2009
  • Manole and others v. Moldova, 13936/02, 17 December 2009

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

  • Recommendation 1641 (2004) on Public service broadcasting (Text adopted by the Assembly on 27 January 2004 (3rd Sitting))
  • Resolution 1636 (2008) on Indicators for media in a democracy (Text adopted by the Assembly on 3 October 2008 (36th Sitting)) 
  • Recommendation 1878 (2009) on Funding of public service broadcasting (Text adopted by the Assembly on 25 June 2009 (25th Sitting)) 
  • Recommendation 2001 (2012) on protection of and access to the audiovisual cultural heritage (Text adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Assembly, on 25 May 2012) 
  • Resolution 2141 (2017) on Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe (Text adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2017 (4th Sitting))

Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

  • Human Rights Comment “Public service broadcasting under threat in Europe”

Venice Commission

  • CDL-AD(2005)017, Opinion on the compatibility of the laws “Gasparri” and “Frattini” of Italy with the Council of Europe standards in the field of freedom of expression and pluralism of the media, Venice, 10-11 June 2005
  • CDL-AD(2015)015, Opinion on Media Legislation (Act CLXXXV on Media Services and on the Mass Media, Act CIV on the Freedom of the Press, and the Legislation on Taxation of Advertisement Revenues of Mass Media) of Hungary, 19-20 June 2015

Council of Europe document/publication

  • European Broadcasting Union, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Czech Parliament, and Czech TV, 2016. International conference on Public Service Media and Democracy Prague 2016: Conclusions and recommendations by the conference participants
  • Council of Europe, 2018. Freedom of expression and the broadcasting media: Thematic factsheet
  • Information Society Department of the Council of Europe, 2022. Freedom of expression in 2021
  • IRIS Plus report 2022-1: Governance and independence of public service media

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