Revision of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television
Recommendation 2036
(2014)
Author(s):
Parliamentary Assembly
Origin
Assembly
debate on 31 January 2014 (9th Sitting) (see Doc. 13383, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human
Rights, rapporteur: Mr James Clappison; and Doc. 13406, opinion of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education
and Media, rapporteur: Sir Roger Gale). Text
adopted by the Assembly on 31 January 2014 (9th Sitting).
1. Referring to its Resolution 1978 (2014) on
the revision of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television,
as well as its Resolution
1636 (2008) on indicators for media in a democracy, the
Parliamentary Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers:
1.1 resume work on the revision
of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television (ETS No. 132)
and negotiations with the European Union on this matter;
1.2 enable the Standing Committee on Transfrontier Television
(T-TT) to resume its work;
1.3 if need be, consider drafting a new convention focusing
on freedom of expression aspects of media regulation;
1.4 draft guidelines on media freedom adapted to the changing
media landscape, based on existing standards, including those stemming
from the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on the right
to freedom of expression.