A rescue package for EU fundamental rights – illustrated with reference to the example of media freedom
- Fundamental rights protection, once a side show, has become important for the EU, as proved by the newfound treaty recognition of the EU fundamental rights charter (CFREU), and the upcoming accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). At the same time the fundamental rights situation in a considerable number of Member States is an increasing cause for concern. This has mostly been illustrated with reference to minorities and asylum seekers. However, recent reports of organizations like the Council of Europe, the OSCE and various NGOs have also highlighted serious problems with regard to media freedom, such as overt political influence, media concentration, disproportionate sanctions on journalists, misuse of counter-terrorism legislation against the press, deficient protection of journalistic sources and failure to investigate violence against reporters. ...
| Author: | Armin von Bogdandy |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-542361 |
| URL: | https://verfassungsblog.de/a-rescue-package-for-eu-fundamental-rights-illustrated-with-reference-to-the-example-of-media-freedom/ |
| Parent Title (German): | Verfassungsblog |
| Publisher: | Verfassungsblog.de |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2012 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2012/02/15 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2020/06/17 |
| Issue: | 2012/2/15 |
| Page Number: | 6 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 6 |
| Note: | LICENSED UNDER CC BY NC ND |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 467357803 |
| Institutes: | Rechtswissenschaft / Rechtswissenschaft |
| Exzellenzcluster / Exzellenzcluster Die Herausbildung normativer Ordnungen | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 4.0 |
