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Evaluation of Feasibility of the Amendments Introduced to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting
14.02.2024
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The Amendments Introduced to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting concerned the procedure of appealing the decisions made by self-regulatory bodies in the Communications Commission (ComCom), particularly in cases where there is a violation concerning the ban on disseminating programs and advertisements containing obscenity, hate speech, and calls to terrorism.
The shortcomings in the Law on Broadcasting casts doubts over the independence, transparency and effective work of the Communications Commission. In accordance with the criteria determined in the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, the legal opinion of the Human Rights and Rule of Law Directorate General of the CoE and the standards of the CoE, the Communications Commission of Georgia is not an independent body.
The statement was prepared with the financial support of the European Union and co funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), in the frame of the project “Quality Media and Conscious Media Consumption for Resilient Society (ConMeCo)” implemented by the Human Right Centre (HRC) in cooperation with the DW Akademie and Media Development Foundation (MDF).
Contents of the statement are the sole responsibility of the Human Rights Center and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union and German Federal Ministry.
Document in PDF: Evaluation of Feasibility of the Amendments Introduced to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting
Document in PDF: Evaluation of Feasibility of the Amendments Introduced to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting
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