Strasbourg: CFOM’s International Director presents report on The state of media freedom in Europe during 2009-2012
On June 26th 2012 William Horsley, the International Director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield and Media Freedom Representative of the Association of European Journalist, presented a background Report summarising the many and growing...
UN’s Special Rapporteurs Annual Reports
Following presentation of the annual Reports by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression and the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, the UN has issued a press release about the Interactive Dialogue with Member...
CFOM International Director authors OSCE Guidebook on Journalists’ Safety
William Horsley, CFOM’s International Director, has authored a Guidebook on Safety of Journalists for the 56 participating States of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The book was presented on the occasion of the OSCE Ministerial Council in...
Not the Leveson Report: Industry-wide powers to impose sanctions and fines
Article by Donald Trelford in British Journalism Review (December 2011) ALL four official inquiries into the standards of the British press since the Second World War – Ross (1947-49), Shawcross (1962), McGregor (1974-77) and Calcutt (1990 and 1992) – have raised...
Mapping the UN and Regional Human Rights Treaties and Systems
A scoping exercise for the Legal Instruments Study of the Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law, by Dr Dimitris Xenos. Read more: The African Human Rights System The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Human Rights System The European Court of Human...