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Comment on the Moldovan President’s proposal on moral damages for defamation.
7 Jul 2008
Memorandum on the Draft Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Defamation against international standards.
4 Oct 2007
Memorandum on the draft Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Defamation, which seeks to decriminalise defamation and further bring Azeri law into line with international standards.
10 Oct 2006
Memorandum analysing the Irish draft Defamation and Privacy Bills against international standards.
29 Sep 2006
Memorandum on the Defamation Bill for the Republic of the Maldives.
18 Jul 2006
Support for a proposal to abolish a criminal defamation provision that protects public officials put forth by a coalition of non-government organisations.
1 Dec 2005
Note on Kosovo's draft Law on Protection from Defamation and Insult of Kosovo.
15 Oct 2005
Memorandum on the Laws of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan relating to the Protection of Reputation.
15 Sep 2005
Memorandum examining provisions relating to defamation in the draft law, 'Criminal Offences against Honour and Reputation,' produced by a government working group and intended to replace the defamation provisions in the current Criminal Code.
30 Nov 2004
Memorandum analysing the defamation provisions in the Penal and Civil Codes for compliance with international standards.
30 Nov 2004
Memorandum on Thailand's criminal and civil defamation provisions.
15 Oct 2004
Memorandum on the consistency of defamation provisions in the criminal and civil codes and the Law on Radio and Television with international standards.
30 Sep 2004
Memorandum analysing the current criminal and civil defamation provisions of the Criminal and Civil Codes for compliance with international standards.
31 Jul 2004
Statement on the recently considered amendments to decriminalise defamation in the relevant provisions of the criminal and civil codes.
30 Apr 2004
Note on the 'Principles of the Law of the Azerbaijani Republic on Defamation', drafted by the Yeni Nesil Journalists' Association.
31 Mar 2004
Memorandum on Paraguayan criminal defamation provisions.
15 Mar 2004
Memorandum analysing the criminal and civil defamation provisions contained in the Criminal and Civil Codes.
28 Feb 2004
Proposal formulated by ARTICLE 19 for a new defamation law for Georgia.
28 Feb 2004
Overview of pertinent international freedom of information standards that directly relate to defamation.
1 Feb 2004
Submission on the report of the Legal Advisory Group on Defamation
31 Jan 2004
Submission to Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee European Parliament on the European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (Rome II), with a focus on defamation.
31 Jan 2004
Submission to Sub-Committee E (Law and Institutions), House of Lords, on the European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (Rome II), with a focus on defamation.
31 Jan 2004
Report to the Legal Advisory Group on Defamation on defamation law in Ireland.
15 Jan 2004
Memorandum commenting on amendments to the libel provisions contained in the Criminal Code.
1 Jul 2003
Comment analysing a Supreme Economic Court decision involving the private newspaper Narodnaya Volya, in which it upheld provisions protecting the president.
1 Aug 2002
Statement analysing the libel case of journalist Atia Kassabova.
1 Jun 2002
Memorandum analysing the legitimacy of extracts of the Belarussian Criminal Code on defamation and insult.
1 Mar 2002
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