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OSCE Presents Standards on Defamation of Foreign Leaders
June 27, 2016
Arguing that such laws have a chilling effect on freedom of expression and of the press, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has called on countries to repeal laws criminalizing media "defamation" of foreign leaders.
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OSCE Official Criticizes Russian News Aggregator Law
June 27, 2016
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has criticized Russian legislation imposing an administrative penalty on online news aggregators that fail to verify the content they distribute.
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Honduras Uses UN System to Meet Climate Targets
June 23, 2016
A press release from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change surveys the record of Honduras in using the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism, which provides "credits" for greenhouse gas emissions-reducing projects and pushes countries to report progress in their emissions reductions.
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OSCE Official Sets out Standards on Accreditation
June 23, 2016
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has published global standards on the accreditation of journalists that call on governments not to use accreditation as a precondition for entry into a country.
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Experts Issue Warning on Internet Transfer
June 23, 2016
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation and Paul Rosenzweig of Red Branch Consulting warn that the transfer of oversight over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to a multistakeholder group including foreign governments may endanger internet autonomy and violate US law.