EU: Anti-SLAPP Directive cannot be a missed opportunity
The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 74 civil society organisations in writing to the European Commission, the European Parliament’s rapporteur, the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council and the Ministers of Justice of all EU Member States to reiterate our shared concerns regarding the trilogue process of the anti-SLAPP Directive.
The CASE Coalition, of which IPI is a partner, urges the European institutions to negotiate the strongest possible Anti-SLAPP Directive that effectively protects public watchdogs.
These past years, member organisations of the Coalition Against Slapps in Europe (CASE) have been providing solid, evidence-based expertise and in-depth knowledge to feed discussions on the law, and always in a constructive spirit, to the Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States. At this crucial stage, it looks like our contribution has been ignored.
We refuse to let this be a missed opportunity.
We will not support a watered-down Directive that will provide no meaningful protection for journalists, media outlets, activists and civil society organisations in Europe, instead of serving as a model for ambitious anti-SLAPP legislation across Europe and beyond.
As we enter the final stages of the trilogue discussions, we urge the Council and the Parliament, with the support of the Commission, to make this legislation a robust instrument that fulfils its purpose and not a tick-box exercise.
Access Info Europe, Aditus Foundation, Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19 Europe, Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria, BIRN, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Blueprint for Free Speech (B4FS), Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF), Center for Environmental Democracy FLOROZON, North Macedonia, Centre for European Volunteering (CEV), Centre for Peace Studies, Croatia, Civic Initiatives, Serbia, Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties), Civil Rights Defenders, Citizens Network Watchdog Poland, Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ), Coalizione Italiana per le Libertà e i Diritti civili (CILD) , Committee to Protect Journalists, Croatian Journalists Association, Estonian Human Rights Centre (EHRC), Eurocadres, European Anti-Poverty Network, European Center For Not-For-Profit Law (ECNL), European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), European Civic Forum, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), European Legal Support Center (ELSC), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Foodwatch International, Foundation Atelier for Community Transformation – ACT (BiH), FIBGAR, Free Press Unlimited, Frente Cívica (Portugal), Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), Greenpeace European Unit, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR, Poland), Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF), Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), IFEX, ILGA-Europe, Index on Censorship, International Press Institute (IPI), Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS), Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ), Legal Human Academy (Denmark), MAISON DES LANCEURS D’ALERTE , Mirovni inštitut (Peace Institute), Ljubljana, Netherlands Helsinki Committee, OBC Transeuropa (OBCT), Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (OKF), Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), PEN International, PEN Malta, Protect, Pištaljka, Public Eye, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Repubblika (Malta), Rettet den Regenwald, Germany, Sherpa, SOLIDAR, SOS Malta, South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM), South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, Transparency International EU, Transparency International Finland, Transparency International Ireland, Volonteurope , Whistleblowing International Network, Wildes Bayern e.V., Wikimedia Europe, Xnet, Institute for Democratic Digitalisation
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