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Combating hate speech in EaP media

On 20-21 June 2016, the Council of Europe (CoE) will hold the regional conference on combating hate speech in media. The event will be attended by the media professionals from the respective countries of the Eastern Partnership Initiative (EaP).  

During the regional conference the leading foreign experts will present the CoE and ECHR standards on freedom of expression and the best European experience how to countering the hate speech. In addition, the experts will present the findings and the recommendation of the latest report of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) regarding the manifestations of racism and intolerance in various areas of the Council of Europe member states particularly in the media field. With regard to the hate speech in media reporting the respective national experts will share the current developments and problems existing in their countries and in the region generally. Finally, the participants will review the existing mandatory and ethical obligations of the media outlets.

The event will take place at the Radisson Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia and is organised within the framework of the joint CoE/EU Program “EU/CoE Joint Project Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media”. The project was launched in January 2015 and aims to establish regional co-operation among media self-regulatory bodies from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, to ensure regular exchange of information and experience among the self-regulatory bodies in order to improve their visibility, relevance and effectiveness as well as to improve cross-border complaints mechanism pertaining to journalistic ethics and to ensure self-sustainable funding for the regional network of medial self-regulatory bodies.

Tbilisi 20-21 June 2016
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