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This workshop will bring together global press freedom NGOs, journalists, representatives of EU institutions, and legal scholars, with a view to highlighting and addressing the weaknesses in defamation law which allow powerful entities to suppress freedom of expression.
The research underpinning the event was prompted by the redaction and deletion of press reports of money laundering in an EU member state following vexatious use of private international law rules. Around the same time, one of the only journalists who refused to submit to demands to alter online content concerning these alleged crimes was assassinated. Our event will also commemorate that journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, and recall her efforts to preserve freedom of expression.
The workshop coincides with the publication of an academic working paper by Dr Justin Borg-Barthet (‘The Brussels I Regulation as an Instrument for the Undermining of Press Freedoms and the Rule of Law: an Urgent Call for Reform’).
The discussions will inform NGOs’ advocacy efforts concerning legal reforms to preserve press freedoms in the run-up to European Parliament elections and the appointment of a new European Commission.
Due to constraints of space and format, participation in the workshop is by application only. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dr Justin Borg-Barthet.
Further information about the event is available here.
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Please note: if you are interested in participating please contact Dr Justin Borg-Barthet