The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung's Southern African Media Project and MISA took the initiative to start the African Media Barometer in April 2005, a self assessment exercise done by concerned and informed citizens in each particular country according to a number of general, homegrown criteria. The benchmarks used have to a large extent been lifted from the African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) “Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa”, adopted in 2002, and attached to this report as appendix 1. (It was largely inspired by the groundbreaking Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press [1991] and the African Charter on Broadcasting [2001].) The ACHPR is the authoritative organ of the African Union mandated to interpret the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights which is binding for all member states.
Files to download:| ISBN | 99916-832-8-3 |
| Publisher | MISA, FES |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| External Link | http://www.fesmedia.org.na |
| Online | Y |
| Physical Resource | Y |
| Place of Publication | South Africa |
| Classification No | 070.0285 SOU |
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