Strasbourg, Agora, room G01

 

Morning

Afternoon

29 November:  14:00 – 18:00

No session

Items: 1; 2; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 7

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

01 December:  09:30 – 18:00

Items: 8.3; 8.6; 8.7; 8.8; 8.9; 11

Items: 6

02 December:  09:30 – 13:00

Items:5.4;
Finalisation of pending items; 12; 13

No session

1.Opening of the meeting by Jan Kleijssen, Director, Information Society and Action against Crime 

2. Adoption of the agenda

CDMSI(2016)OJ2

Draft agenda

For decision
Adopt the meeting agenda

3. Standard setting

3.1 Committee of experts on Media Pluralism and Transparency of Media Ownership (MSI-MED)

MSI-MED(2016)13

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.

MSI-MED(2016)09

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.

MSI-MED(2016)10

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.

MSI-MED(2016)11

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)

MSI-NET(2016)09

Report of the 2nd meeting of the MSI-NET (29-30 September 2016)

For discussion
Take note of information on the 2nd meeting of the MSI-NET.

MSI-NET(2016)05

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.

MSI-NET(2016)06

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 

MEDIA-COOP(2016)02

Accomplished and on-going projects in the field of media and freedom of expression

For information and discussion
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat and discuss

 

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

Link to the Seminar page

CDMSI(2016)008

CDMSI(2016)009rev

Concept paper

Draft programme

For discussion
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat on the High Level Seminar

5.2 Initiatives in member States

 

 

For information
Take note of information on initiatives in

Report

- Report on The Public Core of the Internet

The Netherlands

Report

- Report on The Internet, a Global Free Space with a Limited State Control Report

Reply

Dutch reply to these reports;

Law (in French)

New law aiming at reinforcing media freedom, independence and pluralism.

France

 

Translation of CM/Rec(2016)15 on Internet Freedom
Translation of CM/Rec(2016)1 on Network Neutrality

Germany

5.3 Defamation

Freedom of expression and defamation

Freedom of expression and defamation: A study of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

For information
Take note of the information provided by the Secretariat on the publication of the study and follow-up to be given to the update of the 2012 study on the situation of criminalisation of defamation.

5.4 Fear in journalism

Draft study

Study “Journalists at Risk: part of the job?“

For discussion
Presentation by and discussion with expert Professor Marilyn Clark, Department of Psychology Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta

5.5 Internet governance

Strategy

Council of Europe Internet Governance Strategy 2016-2019

For discussion
Discuss the progress of the implementation of the Strategy.

CDMSI(2016)005rev

Table on progress in implementation of actions and activities

IGF 2016

Internet Governance Forum (Guadalajara, 6-9 Dec 2016)

For information
Take note of information provided by members and the Secretariat on the 2016 meeting of the IGF and the 2017 edition of EuroDIG and discuss

EuroDIG 2017

European Dialogue on Internet Governance (Talllin 6-7 June 2017)

ICANN
Report

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

Programme
Conclusions

Report

Conference on “Internet Freedom: a Constant Factor of Democratic Security”, Strasbourg, 9/9/2016

For discussion.
Take note of the information provided by the Secretariat.
Discuss follow-up in particular as regards the implementation of the Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)5. Hold and exchange of views with ECtHR Judge R.Spano.

5.7     Regional Conference with EBU in Prague on “Public Service Media and Democracy”

Link

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

CDMSI(2016)010

Concept note and draft Programme

For discussion
Exchange views with invited experts, representatives of the media industry, journalist associations, Internet companies. Discuss challenges to media and journalism in the age of digital convergence and possible policy responses.

Report

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

CAHDATA(2016)RAPAbr

Abridged report of the CAHDATA

For discussion
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat

Document

Consolidated version of the Modernised Convention 108

 

Explanatory report

Explanatory report

 

T-PD-BUR(2016)39RAP

Report of the 39th Bureau meeting of the T-PD (5-7 October 2016)

 

T-PD(2016)RAP33Abr

Abridged report of the 33rd Plenary meeting of the T-PD (29 June- 1 July 2016)

T-PD(2016)18rev

Opinion of the T-PD on the “Data protection implications of the processing of Passenger Name Records” – adopted on 15/09/16

T-PD(2016)04rev3

Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of health data - New ! 28/11/2016

T-PD-BUR(2015)12Rev4

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

3rd Annual Report

3rd Annual Report of the Secretary General on the State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2016

For information
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat on follow-up to the 3rd Annual Report

Comparative Study

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)

PACE Rec2092(2016)

PACE Recommendation 2092 (2016) – “Fighting the over-sexualisation of children”

For information
Take note of the state of play

CDMSI(2016)011

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

Link to web site

 

For discussion
Exchange views with Anna Rurka, President of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe

8.6 Committee of Experts on terrorism (CODEXTER)

 

 

For discussion
Hold an exchange of views with Kristian Bartholin, Secretary to the Codexter

8.7  European Audio-visual Observatory

 Documents

 

For discussion
Exchange views with Maja Cappello, Head of legal department on the recent works and projects of the Observatory

8.8 European Committee on Legal co-operation (CDCJ)

CDCJ-GT-LOB(2016)18

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
Take note of information provided by the Secretariat on the state of play

CDMSI(2016)003Rev2

CDMSI comments

8.9 Participation of CDMSI members in meetings and events

Programme

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

Programme

Parliamentary Conference on “Media Freedom as a cornerstone for democratic elections”, Berlin, 4 July 2016

  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

Priorities of the Slovak Presidency

The Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU: 1 July-31 December 2016

For information and discussion
Presentation by and discussion with Slovak delegate on Slovak Presidency of the EU. 

 

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

CM/Res(2011)7

Resolution CM/Res(2011)7 on Council of Europe conferences of specialised ministers

For discussion
Discuss the content and hosting of a future conference of ministers responsible for media and information society

CDMSI(2016)Misc6

Discussion paper on a future conference of ministers responsible for media and information society, prepared by the Secretariat

 

11. Elections

CDMSI(2016)012

Notes on elections

For decisions
Proceed to the election of the Chair, Vice-Chair and one Bureau member

12. Any other business

13. Adoption of the meeting abridged report

CDMSI(2016)014

Abridged report of the 11th CDMSI meeting

For decision
Adopt the abridged report of the meeting


General reference documents

Terms of Reference

CDMSI terms of reference 2016-2017

Terms of reference

MSI-MED terms of reference 2016-2017

Terms of reference

MSI-NET terms of reference 2016-2017

CM/Res(2011)24

Resolution CM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods

CDMSI(2017)001

List and timetable of meetings relevant to the CDMSI in 2017

Political declaration and resolutions

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

CM(2013)162

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

CDMSI-2015)023

Report of the 9th CDMSI meeting ( 8-11 December 2015)

CDMSI-BU(2016)01

Report of the 9th meeting of the CDMSI Bureau (19-20 May 2016)

CDMSI(2016)007Rev

Report of the 10th meeting of the CDMSI (28 June – 1 July 2016)

CDMSI-BU(2016)002

Report of the 10th meeting of the CDMSI Bureau (13-14 October 2016)