Southeast Europe

The following sections of the Library pertain to media law within various regions of Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

General Southeast Europe Documents

Media Matters: Professionalizing and Regulating Media in Post-Conflict Bosnia and Kosovo Robert Gilette, Wilson Center, Meeting Report 324 (June 14 2006).

Bosnia/Herzegovina

Access to Information

Freedom Of Access To Information Act For The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 2001

Freedom Of Access To Information Act For The Republika Srpska, 18 May 2001


Broadcast Regulation

Law on Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2007 Case Analysis

Definitions and Obligations of Public Broadcasters, RAK Rule 01/1999

Rule on the License Fee for Cable Distribution of Radio and Television Programs

Rule 04, Merit Based Competitive Process for the Awarding of Long-Term Broadcasting Licenses

Kosovo

Broadcast Regulation

On the Independent Media Commission and Broadcasting (2001) Kosovo Law No. 02/L-15 on broadcasting.


Freedom of Information Regulation

Law No. 2003/12, Law on Access to Official Documents

Administrative Instruction 3/2006, implementing the Law on Access to Official Documents

Report on Implementation of the Law on Access to Official Documents at the Municipal Level (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, November 2007)

About the Author

Katya Fisher Yoffe is editor of www.globalmedialaw.com. She is the 2009 recipient of a Howard M. Squadron fellowship at the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy (PCMLP), Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. Katya is a 3L student at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a graduate of New York University. Katya also writes on Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus for Foreign Policy Association's blog network. She may be reached at: katya_at_globalmedialaw_dot_com.