Type: Acts of the Council of Europe: Resolution on the Indicators for media in a democracy

Authority: European Authorities - Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly

Date: 10/03/2008

Subject: The Parliamentary Assembly recalls the importance of media freedom. Freedom of expression and information in the media is an essential requirement of democracy. Public participation in the democratic decision-making process requires that the public is well informed and has the possibility of freely discussing different opinions.

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Freedom of information - Freedom to hold opinions - Media

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