Symposium

Media Defense Network Southeast Asia

Die Tagung wird die aktuelle Lage der Medienfreiheit in Südoastasien erörtern. Die zunehmenden Probleme für Journalisten wie auch für ihre Rechtsverteidiger sollen dabei im Mittelpunkt stehen und zur Gründung eines Informationsnetzwerks führen.

On	Tue 27 - Thu Oct. 29, 2009
Loc.	Cebu / Philippinen
With	Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Supreme Court, Philippines Prof. Dr. Harry L. Roque jr., University of the Philippines Toby Mandel, Senior Legal Counsel, Article 19 Prof. Dr. Peter Schiwy, Media Lawyer, Germany

2nd South East Asia Legal Media Defence Conference

Fuente Osmena, Cebu City, Philippines

The Center for International Law, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) and the Rule of Law Programme Asia of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) are organizing the 2d South East Asia Media Defense Litigation Conference.

The conference is designed to allow lawyers and media practitioners from South East Asia to share their experiences on legal threats to freedom of speech and of the press and to formulate new legal strategies responsive to the current situations in their respective countries.

The upcoming conference is expected to draw participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and East Timor. In addition to participants and experts from within the region, speakers will include experts from U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia and elsewhere.

The conference aims to build on the previous conference held 21-23 May 2007 in Hong Kong.

Founded in 2007, the South East Asia Media Legal Defense Network is the first regional network of lawyers dedicated to the defense of a free media in South East Asia and the training of legal professionals for that purpose.

The South East Asia Media Legal Defense Network consists of lawyers and media advocates from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Find further information here: http://jmsc.asia/seasiamediadefense2009/program/