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On 15 June 2010, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) released its latest reports on France, Georgia, Poland and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (fYROM), adopted in the fourth round of its monitoring of the laws, policies and practices to combat racism in the Member States of the Council of Europe (for commentary on earlier reports, see IRIS 2010-4: 1/3, IRIS 2009-10: 0/109, IRIS 2009-8: 5/4, IRIS 2009-5: 4/4, IRIS 2008-4: 6/5, IRIS 2006-6: 4/4 and IRIS 2005-7: 3/2). The main recommendations dealing with the (audiovisual) media and/or the Internet in these reports...

On 15 November 2007, Miklós Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, presented his regular report to the OSCE Permanent Council, the organization’s main decision-making body. This was his third and final report of the year. Mr. Haraszti’s presentation began with a commemoration of Alisher Saipov, “a young journalist whose promising career was cut short by an act of brutality”. Saipov, a correspondent with the internationally acclaimed media outlets Ferghana, Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, and a founder of an Uzbek-language newspaper, was shot and killed in downtown Osh...

On 23 December 2004 the Statute of the Republic of Georgia “On Broadcasting” was passed. The Statute has 11 chapters and consists of 77 articles. The Statute regulates relations in the sphere of the organisation of public, commercial and communal broadcasting, formation, as well as functions of the independent regulatory body, licensing rules and procedures, and liability of broadcasters. It also includes provisions concerning ownership and transparency of mass media entities, as well as advertising. Chapter 2 of the Statute deals with the principles of formation, financing, competence and status...

On 24 June 2004 the Georgian Parliament adopted and President Mikhail Saakashvili signed into legal force the Statute "On Freedom of Speech and Expression". The new Act replaces the Statute of Georgia "On the Press and other Mass Media" of 1991. The Statute consists of 5 Chapters and includes 21 Articles. Unlike the Statute "On the Press and other Mass Media" the new Statute does not regulate the specifics of functioning of the mass media outlets. The mass media entities hereafter shall be considered and treated as regular commercial enterprises. The new Statute stipulates guarantees of freedom...

The Statute “On State Support of National Film” was signed into law by President Eduard Shevardnadze of the Republic of Georgia on 5 December 2000. The Statute regulates governmental management in the sphere of film production, establishes the notion of “national film”, as well as the procedure and financing of production, distribution and public exhibition of national films in Georgia. “National film” is defined as one authored and produced by nationals of Georgia and in the Georgian language (Art. 5). The Statute establishes a government body responsible for the promotion of national film - The...