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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe, (COM (2015) 192 final)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe, (COM (2015) 192 final)

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Belgrade Conference of Ministers Resolution №3 Safety of Journalists

Resolution No 3

Safety of journalists

The Ministers of States participating in the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for media and information society, held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 7 and 8 November 2013, adopt the following resolution:

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Vanya Mitova,

Secretary of the Specialized Expert Council for Postage Stamps Issue,
Chief expert in Communications Directorate, MTITC
Tel.: +359 2 9409 265
E-mail: vmitova@mtitc.government.bg

Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on public service media governance

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 15 February 2012
at the 1134th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

Freedom of expression and the right to seek and receive information are fundamental for the functioning of a genuine democracy. As stated in the Committee of Ministers’ Declaration on public service media governance, adopted on the same day, media are the most important tool for freedom of expression in the public sphere, enabling people to exercise the right to seek and receive information.

Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of human rights with regard to social networking services

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Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of human rights with regard to social networking services
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 4 April 2012 at the 1139th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
Social networks as human rights enablers and catalysts for democracy

Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of human rights with regard to search engines

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Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of human rights with regard to search engines
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 4 April 2012 at the 1139th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
Search engines play a pivotal role in the information society

Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Risks to Fundamental Rights stemming from Digital Tracking and other Surveillance Technologies

Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Risks to Fundamental Rights
stemming from Digital Tracking and other Surveillance Technologies
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 June 2013
at the 1173rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
1. The propensity to interfere with the right to private life has significantly increased as a result of rapid
technological development and of legal frameworks which are slow to adapt.
2. Data processing in the information society which is carried out without the necessary safeguards and

Recommendation CM/Rec(2000)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the right of journalists not to disclose their sources of information

COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

Recommendation No. R (2000) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states

on the right of journalists not to disclose their sources of information

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 8 March 2000 at the 701^st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 15.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe,

Recommendation Rec(2004)16 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the right of reply in the new media environment