Activity Details (ID# 15438)

Activity Synopsis

General objective of the seminar was to inform journalists, judges, prosecutors and lawyers on European standards, Serbian positive legislation and practise in the relevant filed. More specific objective was to encourage the discussion between different professions. 

The most important output of this seminar is participants’ better understanding of balancing between these two rights and the question of proportionality, as well. The CoE and national experts presented their topics in a very professional and interesting manner. Details analysis of the freedom of expression and right to privacy under the ECHR and the Court case-law, were very good introduction to analyze national legislation and practice in this field.

This seminar was implemented with aim to train media and other relevant professionals in line with CoE standards on freedom of expression and information and to exchange information on responsibility and implementation of those standards in their work. Participants were initiating interesting and complex discussions and exchanging points of view on the relevant issues with other colleagues and speakers. They found presented topics as very useful, interesting and applicable in their work.

All participants received the CoE media publications available in Serbian language.
 

This activity was a repetition of the similar event organized in June 2007. Under the joint EAR/CoE project there is no space to repeat the same activity for the different audience. 

Judges, prosecutors, lawyers and media professionals from various Serbian (Vojvodina) media outlets 

Mr Ad Van Loon, Managing Director, X-Media Strategies, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Mr Rodoljub Sabic, Commissioner for information of public importance
Mr Sasa Gajin, Law Faculty, University Union, Belgrade
 

Ms Olena Dmytrenko, Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights
Mr Vladan Joksimovic, Adviser, CoE Belgrade Office
Ms Maja Stojanovic, Assistant, human rights and media