INTERNATIONAL
FOCUS
PROGRAMME
International Focus Programme: Media Law
The International Focus Programme
(IFP)
A focus on an internationally relevant legal
matter
Proposed by the members
Implemented by the entire ELSA Network.
International Focus Programme: Media Law
The aim of the IFP
• a specific theme for the whole ELSA Network over a fixed term
• creating a forum where the topic can be discussed in various
activities
• consolidating ELSA’s work
• producing concrete results of a
high standard
• to give the law students in Europe a voice
and to gather their diverse opinions
and ideas
International Focus Programme: Media Law
Hot legal topic
Impact on
everyday life
Internationally
relevant
IFP
Academic
discussion
potential
versatile
International Focus Programme: Media Law
IFP before the current topic
• 1995–1997: A Just World:
A new role for lawyers, legal education and law in development
• 1997–1999: The Law of Peace in the year 2000:
Current violations and effective enforcement of international law; the reform of
international organizations
• 2000–2002: Information Society – the Legal Challenges:
Application of New Technologies, Protection of Individuals and the Legislative Response
• 2003–2005: Trade Law: A Way for Sustainable Development
• 2006–2007: 25 Years of Legal Development:
UN in the 21st century; Environmental Law; harmonization of the EU Law in the
transition of Legal Systems
• 2007–2010: Intellectual Property Law
International Focus Programme: Media Law
Health Law
FIRST YEAR
OF IMPLEMENTATION
Opening Conference, April 2011
Prague (Czech Republic), Charles University 3rd School of Medicine
1 International Essay Competition
How to support countries in designing, adopting and implementing effective
and comprehensive public health laws, which both promote and protect the
public’s health and as well as are consistent with human rights?
79 events in the ELSA Network
International Focus Programme: Media Law
SECOND YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION
Mid Evaluation Conference, April 2012:
“Mental Health & Human Rights”
Trieste (Italy), University of Trieste
1 International Essay Competition
Right to Healthcare
60 Events in the network
International Focus Programme: Media Law
Elections of a new topic
- Selection process
- theme reflects a 'hot legal topic' in Europe and the
world
- The chosen theme considers that we can have an
impact on the environment we are living in
International Focus Programme: Media Law
NEW TOPIC:
Media Law can be defined as an area of law that
regulates activities in all sorts and sizes of media
communications
FOCUS: the role of the media in democratic systems and
legal standards for the protection of freedom of
expression, right to access information and privacy
International Focus Programme: Media Law
Three areas of interest
• Print media (newspapers, magazines, print
advertising)
• Telecommunications and Digital
Communications (including radio and television
broadcasting)
• Internet
International Focus Programme: Media Law
List of topics:
• General
• Print media
• Telecommunications and Digital
communications
• Internet
• Media Law and Human Rights
International Focus Programme: Media Law
1st year of implementation:
START THE WORK!
International Focus Programme: Media Law
Projects in the first year :
• Essay Competition: Online Hate Speech right
or crime?
• Legal Research Group – Online Hate Speech
• Online Hate Speech Conference – Oslo
• World Forum for Democracy
• Law Tech Europe Congress
• IFP event in Brussels
• HRMCC
International Focus Programme: Media Law
WORKING
GROUPS