EU and Council of Europe are supporting media actors and institutions in Kosovo and building their capacities to improve the application of European standards in the field of freedom of expression. The first thematic training workshop for media actors and other relevant stakeholders on good administration of justice and reporting from the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office took place online in Pristina on 30 July 2020.

Reporting from the courts, protection against defamation during reporting from the courts, the right of access to court and information, media regulation, the right to privacy, protection of sources and whistleblowing were the subjects covered during the online training. In addition, the journalists were presented with European Court of Human Rights standards such as judicial authority and impartiality, freedom of expression of lawyers and judges, reporting of criminal cases in the media and presumption of innocence

• For full text please click here: Improving the application of European standards in the field of freedom of expression and court reporting in Kosovo*

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.