The goals and objective of the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression
(Extract from the Charter)
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The Committee’s goals are as follows:
- Protect the Rights of Journalists and the Media;
- foster improvement of the RA legislation pertaining to freedom of expression;
- promote the establishment of linkages among mass media and state agencies, enterprises, public organisations and other foundations;
- support the establishment of free, democratic press in Armenia;
- contribute to the establishment of the international standards applicable to freedom of expression;
- assist to the strengthening of the professional solidarity of journalists – regardless of the political direction and partisan cohesion of the mass media they represent.
To achieve these goals, the Committee will pursue the following objectives:
- involvement in independent research
- collection, coordination, processing, issuance and dissemination in Armenia and abroad of printed, audiovisual and any other materials containing information on freedom of expression and violations of this right;
- participation in the information exchange and coordination between Armenian and international legal entities and individuals;
- participation in various conferences and forums related to the issues of cooperation in the sphere of defending freedom of expression, both locally and internationally;
- carrying out publishing activities, preparing publications and TV/radio programmes;
- organisation of joint campaigns, meetings and other events geared towards professional cohesion of various mass media journalists and reporters;
- establishment of international linkages;
- involvement of appropriate experts on contractual bases, with the assistance of the Committee’s staff;
- organising international business trips for the Committee’s members and staff;
- involvement in organizing seminars, meetings, trainings for journalists;
- exchange of information with partners;
- for the purposes of its activities the Committee may act as the owner or lessee of houses, building materials, equipments, and other property.
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In its activities the Committee will be guided by the common international principles and standards of business collaboration, of the right of freedom of expression.