The promotion and protection by national human rights structures of freedom of expression and information, Padua, 22-23 October 2008
Workshop programme
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Opening session
Opening address by Prof. Marco Mascia, Director of the Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua
Issues addressed by the workshop
by Markus Jaeger, Deputy to the Director, Head of the National Human Rights Structures Unit, Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Freedom of expression and information: rights at stake and international instruments of protection and promotion
by Stefano Valenti, Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua, P2P Project Officer
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Working session 1: Limits to the freedom of expression, the confrontation between freedom of expression and other individual rights: norms and practices
Presentation of the Standards of the Council of Europe with specific focus to the ECtHR case-law
by Mario Oetheimer, Lawyer, Research Division, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights
Examples of concrete situations that raise concern in the Council of Europe Member States
by Sejal Parmar, Senior Legal Officer, Article 19 (London, United Kingdom)
Discussion and exchange of experiences
with contributions from NHRSs, namely from Slovenia and Spain
Working session 2 - Limits to the freedom of expression, the specific cases of hate speech and insults to religious beliefs: norms and practices
Presentation of the Standards of the Council of Europe
by Irène Kitsou-Milonas, Legal Advisor of the Commissioner for Human
Rights of the Council of Europe: Examples of concrete situations that raise concern in the Council of Europe Member States
by Aline Usanase, Lawyer, Secretariat of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe
Discussion and exchange of experiences
with contributions from NHRSs, namely from Georgia and Greece
Working session 3 – The protection of journalists: norms and practices
Presentation of the Standards of the Council of Europe (including divulgation of sources)
by Ivan Nikoltchev, Head of Media Unit, Legal and Human Rights Capacity Building Division, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe
Examples of concrete situations that raise concern in the Member States of the Council of Europe
by Marc Grüber, Director of the European Federation of Journalists
Discussion and exchange of experiences
with contributions from NHRSs, namely from Azerbaijan and Ukraine
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Working session 3 – The protection of journalists
Exchange of experiences continued
Working session 4 – Access to information: norms and practices
The access to information and official documents
by Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe
Discussion and exchange of experiences
with contributions from NHRSs, namely from Armenia and Croatia
Winding-up of the workshop
by Markus Jaeger
Close of the workshop
by Stefano Valenti