Within Civil Rights Defenders cooperation with Local Press Association we work to raise the level of professionalism among journalists and media in Serbia. The local media has experienced much pressure during a challenging period, with a media landscape that is characterized by unfinished legal reforms, chaotic market conditions and weak professional ethics.
In order to improve professional standards in the media and promote ethically responsible journalism, Civil Rights Defenders assist in building a Code of Conduct for journalists and media outlets.
Through Civil Rights Defenders cooperation with ANEM, Association of Independent Electronic Media, we aim to assist the organisation and its stations to increase their capacities and influence. Our work also contributes to helping the entire media sector to improve media regulations.
Civil Rights Defenders cooperation with Press Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina is all about a continuous improvement of self regulation in print media. Our efforts are aimed at enhancing the ethical standards and the usage of the two defamation laws, in order to reduce the number of media outlets and journalists charged for compensation damages in defamation trials.
The Swedish Press Ombudsman, Yrsa Stenius, has been criticized and questioned during the last couple of months, among other for recommending the Swedish Press Council to criticize the daily Expressen for an article about Jan Guillou being in contact with KGB in the -60:s and -70:s. Expressen responded by boycotting the Press Ombudsman, and several [...]
With the aim to improve Albanian media’s ethical conduct, and contribute to an increased self-regulation of media, Civil Rights Defenders organise in-house training courses on ethics and self-regulation for media outlets together with our partner Albanian Media Institute. These trainings are a supplement to the efforts of establishing and implementing a formalised self-regulation mechanism in the country.
Natasha Jevtic Esbjörnson
Phone: +46 76 576 27 62
His burnt body was returned to the family in a plastic bag. The European Court has found Russia responsible for human rights violations in the North Caucasus, in more than one hundred cases, as a result of our work.
(Photo: Joanna Kurosz)
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