Initiative against abusive litigation targeting journalists and rights defenders - Related links

European Commission

• Proposal for a Directive on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (“Strategic lawsuits against public participation”), COM(2022) 177 final, 27 April 2022
• Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/758 of 27 April 2022 on protecting journalists and human rights defenders who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’)
• Commission tackles abusive lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders ‘SLAPPs' (press release), 27 April 2022

European Parliament

• Resolution of 25 November 2020 on strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms, 2020/2009(INI)
• European Parliament, Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, The Use of SLAPPs to Silence Journalists, NGOs and Civil Society, 2021
• Legislative train page on the Initiative against abusive litigation targeting journalists and rights defenders

International Organisations

• Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists

• OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Stakeholders

• European Federation of Journalists

• Association of European Journalists

• Reporters without Borders

• Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR)

• International Press Institute (IPP)

• Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, Media Pluralism Monitor 2020

• IJ4EU (Investigative Journalism for Europe)

• The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation

• International Media Support (IMS)

• European Media Initiative

• Europe's Media Lab

• Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)

• Free Press Unlimited (FPU)

• Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

• Index on Censorship

• International Alliance of Journalists

• News Media Europe