Parliamentary Assembly: Recommendation on the Power of the Visual Image

IRIS 1995-8:1/6

Ad van Loon

European Audiovisual Observatory

On 30 June 1995, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommended a number of actions that could be undertaken by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe or the Council of Europe member States to counteract the effects of violence in the media, in particular its portrayal in television, video, film, advertising, photography and computer programmes.

Self-regulation and the adoption of codes of conduct by television programme makers, news editors, film makers and makers and distributors of films, video games and computer programmes together with educational measures in the field of media awareness are regarded as appropriate means.

References

Recommendation 1276 (1995) of 30 June 1995 on the power of the visual image.
http://assembly.coe.int/mainf.asp?Link=/documents/adoptedtext/ta95/erec1276.htm

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.