Christian Mihr from Reporters Without Borders Germany gave a presentation on media freedom in Germany at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly winter meeting in Vienna in 2013. He discussed Germany's strong tradition of the rule of law protecting freedom of the press, citing several key court decisions dating back to 1961. However, he noted ongoing challenges to ensuring media diversity and access to information in the modern media landscape.

1. Media Freedom in Germany
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Vienna, Winter Meeting 2013, March 21
Christian Mihr | Executive Director, Reporters without Borders, Germany
cm@reporter-ohne-grenzen.de | twitter.com/cmihr | facebook.com/cmihr

2. What do you think?

3. Complaining on a very high level

4. Strong rule of law: FCC
Shrinking economic model

5. Milestones in the rule of law
• Saxony Corruption Quagmire 2012
• data retention-decision 2010
• trojan horse-decision 2008
• Cicero-decision 2006
• Spiegel-decision 1962
• Germany TV decision 1961

6. Challenge: Media Diversity

7. Challenge: Access to Information

8. Thank You!
✤ Christian Mihr
✤ e-mail: cm@reporter-ohne-grenzen.de
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✤ www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de / www.rsf.org
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