This publication is within the project entitled “Media Reform to Enhance Freedom of Expression in Lebanon”, implemented by Maharat Foundation, Legal Agenda and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) with the support of the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon
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The project aims at enhancing Freedom of Expression in Lebanon through the promotion of media law reform as a priority on the national agenda and improvement of the environment for media coverage on the transparency and accountability of elections process.
The project supports the publication of background papers produced by Maharat Foundation on the local Lebanese context and by MJRC on the European standards and best fit recommendations for Lebanon.
The papers cover eight main themes: protection of journalists and their sources, associations of journalists, decriminalization of free speech, incentives and innnovation amongjournalistic startups, regulation, co-regulation and self-regulation opportunities for the media, modernization of media regulation, regulation of social media and elections, and grounds for elections supervision andmonitoring.