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On 29 November 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a compromise on the proposed directive to protect journalists and human rights activists from abusive cross- border civil proceedings, known as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). The directive's aim is to enable judges to identify SLAPPs and order their early dismissal, and thus spare the journalists or activists targeted by such proceedings the need to defend the manifestly unfounded claim brought ...

This study was commissioned by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament to analyse SLAPP cases and threats which were initiated in 2022 and 2023. The study provides a detailed analysis of the topics of public interest associated with the identified legal actions or legal threats, the cross-border implications of the public interest matter under dispute and, to the extent possible, information about victims, the cause of action, and litigation tactics ...

27 czerwca 2023 r. Komisja Prawna przyjęła sprawozdanie w sprawie wniosku dotyczącego dyrektywy w sprawie ochrony dziennikarzy i obrońców praw człowieka przed stanowiącymi nadużycie transgranicznymi postępowaniami cywilnymi, często nazywanymi SLAPP. Komisja Prawna popiera wniosek i zaproponowała szereg poprawek mających na celu jego wzmocnienie. Przedłożone do debaty na lipcowej sesji plenarnej sprawozdanie po przyjęciu będzie podstawą negocjacji trójstronnych z Radą, która 9 czerwca przyjęła podejście ...

In December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2 November as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination in Mali of Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, two French journalists, on 2 November 2013. The EU is actively engaged in protecting the independence and safety of journalists, as a crucial component in the proper democratic functioning of its institutions and Member States. Nevertheless, in recent ...

The following is a qualitative, comparative analysis of international state and non-state mechanisms and tools aimed at protecting and ensuring the safety of journalists, and the extent to which they are used and valued in three non-EU countries: the Philippines, El Salvador and Tunisia. Emphasis is placed on the role of the EU in using and strengthening its own and other international instruments. The findings are based on 15 expert interviews and a literature review carried out between mid-February ...

Since 2012 media freedom has been in general decline. While statistics for the 2002-2021 time-period show that the number of killings of journalists has declined somewhat in recent years (since 2013), there has been a marked erosion of legally enabling environments and an increase in other damaging forms of targeted attacks on the media. These include non-lethal physical violence; legal, digital, psycho-social, gender and identity-based intimidation; and state-led capture of the media landscape, ...

The media situation in Belarus has never been easy. With Aliaksandr Lukashenka being elected president of the country for the first time in 1994, the necessary reforms to provide media freedom have never materialised. Instead, over the years various laws have lessened the rights of independent journalists and imposed limits on both traditional and electronic media. Following the August 2020 presidential election, which ignited a brutal crackdown against the democratic opposition, the situation has ...

Podczas pierwszej listopadowej sesji plenarnej Parlament ma głosować nad rezolucją mającą na celu wzmocnienie demokracji, wolności i pluralizmu mediów w Unii Europejskiej. W rezolucji wzywa się do podjęcia natychmiastowych działań, zarówno ustawodawczych, jak i nieustawodawczych, w celu rozwiązania kwestii strategicznych powództw zmierzających do stłumienia debaty publicznej (SLAPP).

This At a glance of the study with the same title, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, analyses legal definitions of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) and assesses the compatibility of anti-SLAPP legislation with EU law. It is recommended that an anti-SLAPP Directive should be adopted, and that the Brussels Ia Regulation and Rome II Regulation should be recast to limit ...

W europejskiej konwencji praw człowieka ustanowiono obowiązek pozytywny zapewnienia wolności pluralistycznych mediów oraz „utworzenia środowiska sprzyjającego udziałowi w debacie publicznej”. Strategiczne powództwa zmierzające do stłumienia debaty publiczn ej (powództwa typu SLAPP) – będące formą powództwa o charakterze odwetowym mającego na celu utrudnienie korzystania z wolności wypowiedzi w sprawach leżących w interesie publicznym – stanowią poważne zagrożenie dla dopełniania ...