Council of the EU: : Human rights guidelines on free expression on- and offline

• Autores: Tarlach McGonagle
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 8, 2014, págs. 7-8
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • On 12 May 2014, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline. As the EU only has a limited set of home-grown standards on freedom of expression, one of the main aims of the Guidelines is to �explain the international human rights standards on freedom of opinion and expression�. Another main aim is to provide �political and operational guidance to officials and staff of the EU Institutions and EU member states for their work in third countries and in multilateral fora as well as in contacts with international organisations, civil society and other stakeholders�. The Guidelines also seek to help EU officials and staff contribute to preventing potential violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.