Freedom of expression and broadcasting regulation This study,
written by international experts, Toby Mendel and Eve Salomon,
provides content for reflection on the centrality of regulation
for the protection, promotion and guarantee of the right to
receive, seek and impart information, ideas and opinions. The
right to freedom of expression is a fundamental human right,
important in its own right and also because of its function in
underpinning the protection of all other rights. The regulation
of broadcasting necessarily engages the right to freedom of
expression because by its very nature, regulation may be seen as
a restriction on freedom of expression. Indeed, freedom of
expression may be said to form the cornerstone of broadcasting
regulation in democratic societies and the question of whether
or not a given regulatory approach is legitimate will often
depend on an assessment of its impact on freedom of expression.
- Bibliographic reference - Collation: 18 p. - Author(s):
Mendel, Toby; Salomon, Eve - Publ