11th meeting: 29 November – 2 December 2016
Strasbourg, Agora, room G01
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Morning |
Afternoon |
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29 November: 14:00 – 18:00 |
No session |
Items: 1; 2; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 7 |
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30 November: 09:30 – 18:00 |
Items: 5.6; 3.1; 3.2; 4 |
Items: 5.5; 5.7; 8.1; 8.2; 8.4; 8.5; 9; 10 |
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01 December: 09:30 – 18:00 |
Items: 8.3; 8.6; 8.7; 8.8; 8.9; 11 |
Items: 6 |
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02 December: 09:30 – 13:00 |
Items:5.4; |
No session |
1.Opening of the meeting by Jan Kleijssen, Director, Information Society and Action against Crime
2. Adoption of the agenda
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Draft agenda |
For decision |
3. Standard setting
3.1 Committee of experts on Media Pluralism and Transparency of Media Ownership (MSI-MED)
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Report of the 2nd meeting of the MSI-MED (27-28 September 2016) |
For discussion Take note of information on the 2nd meeting of the MSI-MED. |
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Draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers on media pluralism and transparency of media ownership |
Discuss the draft with a view to providing input and guidance for the ongoing review by MSI-MED, in particular as regards new approaches to pluralism in the new media landscape, media ownership transparency requirements (especially beneficial and transnational ownership), and the structure of the recommendation. |
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Draft feasibility study on the use of Internet in elections |
Discuss the draft with a view to sharing with the MSI-MED available data on the topic, best practices or other documents produced at the national level. |
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Draft feasibility study on a standard-setting instrument on media coverage of elections with a specific focus on gender equality |
Discuss the draft with a view to providing possible inputs and guidance on qualitative elements. |
3.2 Committee of experts on Internet Intermediaries (MSI-NET)
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Report of the 2nd meeting of the MSI-NET (29-30 September 2016) |
For discussion |
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Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Internet Intermediaries |
Discuss the draft with a view to providing input and guidance for the ongoing review by MSI-NET, in particular as regards its structure and essential messages relating to the supremacy of law and human rights principles, the responsibilities of intermediaries, the intersection between editorial-like roles and intermediary functions and jurisdiction issues. |
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Draft Report on the Human Rights Dimensions of Algorithms |
Discuss the draft report, in particular the human rights impacts of algorithms and possible regulatory options. |
4. Cooperation activities
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Accomplished and on-going projects in the field of media and freedom of expression |
For information and discussion |
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Morocco |
Take note of information provided by a representative of Morocco on the latest legal development in Morocco in the media field |
5. Implementation of Council of Europe adopted standards and best practices
5.1 High Level Seminar: Freedom of expression – role and powers of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and other national mechanisms – Strasbourg, 15 December 2016
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Concept paper Draft programme |
For discussion |
5.2 Initiatives in member States
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For information |
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- Report on The Public Core of the Internet |
The Netherlands |
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- Report on The Internet, a Global Free Space with a Limited State Control Report |
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Dutch reply to these reports; |
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New law aiming at reinforcing media freedom, independence and pluralism. |
France |
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Translation of CM/Rec(2016)15 on Internet Freedom |
Germany |
5.3 Defamation
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Freedom of expression and defamation: A study of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights |
For information |
5.4 Fear in journalism
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Draft study |
Study “Journalists at Risk: part of the job?“ |
For discussion |
5.5 Internet governance
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Council of Europe Internet Governance Strategy 2016-2019 |
For discussion |
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Table on progress in implementation of actions and activities |
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Internet Governance Forum (Guadalajara, 6-9 Dec 2016) |
For information |
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EuroDIG 2017 |
European Dialogue on Internet Governance (Talllin 6-7 June 2017) |
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The Future of Community top-level domains (TLDs) and ICANN: Opportunities and challenges for not-for-profit communities from a human rights perspective |
For information Take note of the written expert opinion prepared by Council of Europe experts |
5.6 Internet Freedom Conference
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Conference on “Internet Freedom: a Constant Factor of Democratic Security”, Strasbourg, 9/9/2016 |
For discussion. |
5.7 Regional Conference with EBU in Prague on “Public Service Media and Democracy”
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Council of Europe and European Broadcasting Union International Conference on “Public Service Media and Democracy”, hosted by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague, 10-11 November 2016 |
For information Take note of information provided by the Secretariat, the Chair and other participants. |
6. CDMSI Workshop: ‘The Future of News: media and journalism in the age of digital convergence’, 1 December 2016
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Concept note and draft Programme |
For discussion |
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Challenges and opportunities for news media and journalism in an increasingly digital, mobile and social media environment - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism of Oxford University |
7. Data protection
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Abridged report of the CAHDATA |
For discussion |
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Consolidated version of the Modernised Convention 108 |
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Explanatory report |
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Report of the 39th Bureau meeting of the T-PD (5-7 October 2016) |
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Abridged report of the 33rd Plenary meeting of the T-PD (29 June- 1 July 2016) |
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Opinion of the T-PD on the “Data protection implications of the processing of Passenger Name Records” – adopted on 15/09/16 |
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Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of health data - New ! 28/11/2016 |
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Draft Guidelines on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data in a world of Big Data |
8. Work of other Council of Europe institutions and bodies
8.1 Secretary General’s initiatives
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3rd Annual Report of the Secretary General on the State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2016 |
For information |
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Blocking, filtering and removal of Internet content – guidelines on freedom of expression |
8.2 Committee of Ministers
8.3 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
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PACE Recommendation 2092 (2016) – “Fighting the over-sexualisation of children” |
For information |
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CDMSI Comments on PACE Recommendation 2092 (2016) – “Fighting the over-sexualisation of children” |
8.4 Commissioner for Human Rights
8.5 Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
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For discussion |
8.6 Committee of Experts on terrorism (CODEXTER)
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For discussion |
8.7 European Audio-visual Observatory
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Documents |
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For discussion |
8.8 European Committee on Legal co-operation (CDCJ)
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Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the legal regulation of lobbying activities in the context of public decision-making |
For information |
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CDMSI comments |
8.9 Participation of CDMSI members in meetings and events
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“Are we there yet? Assessing progress, inspiring action - the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017”, Tallinn, 30 June–1July 2016, |
For information Take note of information on CDMSI members’ participation in events |
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Parliamentary Conference on “Media Freedom as a cornerstone for democratic elections”, Berlin, 4 July 2016 |
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| “Culture 4D: Digitization, Data, Disruptions, Diversity”. 3rd Council of Europe Platform Exchange on Culture and Digitisation. Tallinn, 29–30 September 2016 | ||
| “1st Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference”, Paris 14-16 November | ||
| Programme | “2016 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights - Media Pluralism in a democratic society”, Brussel,17-18 November 2016. |
9. Other organisations
European Union
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The Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU: 1 July-31 December 2016 |
For information and discussion |
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The Malta presidency of the Council of the EU: 1 January-30 June 2017 |
Presentation by and discussion with delegate from Malta on the in-coming Presidency of the EU |
10. CDMSI work programme and working methods
Reflection on a future conference of ministers responsible for media and information society
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Resolution CM/Res(2011)7 on Council of Europe conferences of specialised ministers |
For discussion |
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Discussion paper on a future conference of ministers responsible for media and information society, prepared by the Secretariat |
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11. Elections
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Notes on elections |
For decisions |
12. Any other business
13. Adoption of the meeting abridged report
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CDMSI(2016)014 |
Abridged report of the 11th CDMSI meeting |
For decision |
General reference documents
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CDMSI terms of reference 2016-2017 |
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MSI-MED terms of reference 2016-2017 |
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MSI-NET terms of reference 2016-2017 |
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Resolution CM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods |
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CDMSI(2017)001 |
List and timetable of meetings relevant to the CDMSI in 2017 |
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Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and Information Society – Freedom of Expression and Democracy in the Digital Age – Opportunities, Rights, Responsibilities. Adopted Political Declaration and Resolutions |
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Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and Information Society (Belgrade, 7-8 November 2013) – Report of the Secretary General |
Recent meeting reports
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Report of the 9th CDMSI meeting ( 8-11 December 2015) |
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Report of the 9th meeting of the CDMSI Bureau (19-20 May 2016) |
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Report of the 10th meeting of the CDMSI (28 June – 1 July 2016) |
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Report of the 10th meeting of the CDMSI Bureau (13-14 October 2016) |

"Everyone has the right to freedom of expression"
Art. 10 European Convention on Human Rights