Promoting dialogue between the ECtHR and the media freedom community
La libertà di espressione e il ruolo e la giurisprudenza della Corte europea dei diritti dell'uomo: sviluppi e sfide
The one-day conference aims to bring together judges and lawyers of the European Court of Human Rights and media lawyers, academics, policymakers, journalists, media professionals and civil society representatives active in the field of media law and freedom of expression. It will provide a platform to discuss the ECtHR case law in cases concerning freedom of expression of media and journalists.
PROGRAMME
09:00 - Registration
09:30 - Welcoming and opening of the conference
Flutura Kusari, Legal Advisor, ECPMF
09:40 - Keynote speech
András Sajó, Judge, The European Court of Human Rights
09:55 - Keynote speech
Silvia Grundmann, Head of the Media and Internet Division, Strasbourg, Council of Europe
10:10 - Defamation, privacy and processing of personal data
- Gill Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services, Guardian News & Media Limited
- Galina Arapova, Director, senior media lawyer, Mass Media Defence Centre
- Robert Spano, Judge, The European Court of Human Rights
- Sanne Terlingen, Journalist, OneWorld & Argos
- Barbara Trionfi, Executive Director, International Press Institute (IPI)
12:00 - Lunch break
13:45 - Investigative journalism, access to information, protection of sources and whistleblowers
- Lucy Freeman, Chief Executive Officer, Media Legal Defence Initiative
- Helen Darbishire, Founder / Executive Director, Access Info Europe
- Antoine Deltour, Whistleblower, Ex-PwC
- Lawrence Early, Jurisconsult, European Court of Human Rights
- Dirk Voorhoof, Executive Board Member, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom & Human Rights Centre/Ghent University
15:00 - Coffee Break
15:30 - The right to protest and the role of the media during protests
- Peter Noorlander, Program Director, Bertha Foundation
- Duygu Köksal, Lawyer
- David Mead, Professor of UK Human Rights Law, University of East Anglia
- Markus Pentikäinen, Photojournalist and member of editorial board, Suomen Kuvalehti
- Dragoljub Popović, Former Judge, The European Court of Human Rights
- Daniel Simons, Legal Officer for Freedom of Assembly, Expression and Information, Open Society Foundations
17:00 - Concluding Remarks
Tarlach McGonagle, Senior Researcher, Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law (IViR)
The event is organized in cooperation with ARTICLE 19, the European Federation of Journalists, Ghent University Human Rights Centre, Index on Censorship, the Institute of European Media Law, the International Federation of Journalists, the International Press Institute, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, the Mass Media Defence Centre and PEN International.
