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Newly Adopted European Standards to Prevent and Counter SLAPPs - Panel 2
Thursday November 14, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CET
Room 1
Focus will be on the recent legal instruments introduced in Europe against SLAPPs, including the Council of Europe’s Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to the member States on Countering the Use of Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation CM/Rec(2024)2, the Commission Recommendation of 27/4/2022 on protecting journalists and human rights defenders who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings and the Directive (EU) 2024/1069 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings. The scope, purpose, safeguards and remedies provided will be addressed during the presentations. Discussion will also cover how the instruments complement each other, their anticipated impact and their planned review processes.
Moderators
avatar for Flutura Kusari

Flutura Kusari

Senior Legal Advisor, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) and Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE)
Flutura leads ECPMF’s legal support programme which has supported hundreds of media workers across Europe. She also advocates with international organisations to improve legislation to defend freedom of expression. During the last decade, she has been engaged in building capacities... Read More →
Speakers
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Irena Guidikova

Head of the Democratic Institutions and Freedoms Department, Directorate for Democracy, Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity, Council of Europe
A graduate of Political Science from the Universities of Sofia (BG) and York (UK), Irena Guidikova has been working at the Council of Europe since 1994. Her carrier has taken her from youth policy and research, through the future of democracy in Europe, to cultural policy and inclusion... Read More →
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Pia Lindholm

Deputy Head of Unit for Civil Justice Directorate-General Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Pia Lindholm works as a Deputy Head of Unit for Civil Justice in Directorate-General Justice and Consumers of the European Commission. She studied law in Helsinki and London and economics in Brussels and trained as a judge in Finland. She joined the Commission in 1995 from the Finnish... Read More →
Thursday November 14, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CET
Room 1 Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France
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