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On 22 July 2011, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority - Agcom) adopted Regulation no. 220/11/CSP on parental control (hereinafter “the Regulation”). The Regulation establishes technical measures aimed at preventing minors from viewing films that have been denied clearance for their projection or representation in public or that have been rated as unsuitable for minors under eighteen years and adult content, in accordance with Article 34, paragraphs 5 and 11, of the Audiovisual Media Services and Radio Code, adopted with legislative decree no. 44/2010....

The Council of Professionals of Canal Sur Television and Canal Sur 2, both Andalusian public service broadcaster Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA) channels, have elaborated a code containing recommendations and guidelines on gender equality and the portrayal of sexist violence on television. These consist of a set of principles to be followed by professionals linked to the corporation and have been developed in broad consultation with experts in law, security and sociology, as well as with associations for gender equality and protection. By the end of June 2011 RTVA’s general manager, Pablo...

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Interparliamentary Assembly which is currently comprised of delegations from the parliaments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Ukraine enacted on 16 May 2011 a Model Statute on the Basics of Internet Regulation (Модельный закон «Об основах регулирования Интернета»). It consists of 3 chapters with a total of 13 articles. The Act sets out principles and determines major directions of regulation of relations that have to do with the use of Internet, sets procedures for state support of its...

This case concerns a complaint by a broadcasting company regarding a number of decisions by the Cyprus Radio and Television Authority (CRTA) imposing fines on the company for violations of legislation concerning radio and television programmes in its broadcasts and the alleged unfairness of the related domestic proceedings. The breaches found by the CRTA concerned advertisements for children’s toys; the duration of advertising breaks; the placement of sponsors’ names during news programmes; product placement in a comedy series; news programmes that lacked objectivity or contained material...

On 1 June 2011 the four special IGO mandates for protecting freedom of expression, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, adopted a Joint Declaration. The Declaration was adopted with the assistance of the Centre for Law and Democracy and ARTICLE 19 (for former Joint Declarations see IRIS 2010-5/1, IRIS 2009-9/101, IRIS 2009-2/101,...