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Criminal Libel in Mexico and Ireland

19 April, 200719 April, 2007
| 1 Comment
| Defamation, Media and Communications

Eagle from The Herald, Mexico, via mexiconews.com.mxIreland is not the only country where defamation law is undergoing reform. I learn from Media Law Prof Blog that libel is no longer a criminal offence in Mexico:

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed into law a federal bill that decriminalizes libel.

The new legislation changes the centre of gravity of Mexican libel law from criminal to civil, so that defamation actions will in future be civil disputes between a plaintiff and a defendant, rather than criminal matters.

In countries such as Mexico in the Civilian tradition, defamation is often a criminal rather than a civil matter; whereas, in countries such as Ireland in the Common Law tradition, it is usually a civil matter. Nevertheless, even in common law countries, defamation can occasionally have criminal consequences; and there is still a crime of libel at Irish law (see, for example, the Law Reform Commission‘s Consultation Paper (html | pdf) and Report (html | pdf) on the Crime of Libel). However, Part 5 of the Defamation Bill, 2006 (Department of Justice | Oireachtas (pdf)) proposes to abolish the crime of libel (section 34) and replace it with a considerably more circumscribed crime of publication of gravely harmful statements (section 35).…

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Blogging on the Radio, closer to home

19 April, 200723 April, 2007
| 2 Comments
| Blogging, Media and Communications

Orla Barry, via NewstalkA phenomenon goes mainstream when it starts popping up on the radio. I discussed the “serious” BBC treatment here. But now, Dublin-based quasi-national radio station Newstalk 106, seems to be making a habit of it. There’s Karlin Lillington‘s residency (Chips with That!) on Geroge Hook. A few weeks ago, Orla Barry (pictured left) interviewed Kate Silver about her 31 days to find a valentines day date blog-project; Kate blogged about it here; and then even came to Dublin in search of her elusive valentine.

Today, Orla was at it again, with a guest (whose name I didn’t catch at the time; sorry, guest) Cauvery Madhavan (blog | bio) in studio who; Cauvery had spent a week on the blogosphere; and they discussed some of the more interesting blogs the guest she had found. The interview discussed three four in particular: that of a US stormchaser; that of a young gay man in India resisting family pressure to get married; and that of a student in Virginia Tech who blogged live about this week’s terrible events there; and on the radio, she mentioned her favourite Irish blog: Donncha O Caoimh’s Holy Schmoly, but it doesn’t seem to have made it onto her list on the Newstalk website.…

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Workshop present

17 April, 200716 January, 2009
| No Comments
| Media and Communications

tcd crest, via tcd Law SchoolThe Dublin Legal Workshop is a series of public lectures hosted by the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin (map here). At present, there are two streams to the Workshop: an evening stream (usually on Tuesdays) which is largely a forum in which external speakers can share ideas in Trinity; and an afternoon stream (usually every second Wednesday lunchtime during term) in which members of the Law School’s research community of staff and postgraduate research students present works in progress.

Aoife Daly, via TCD Law SchoolUpdate (18 April 2007): Today This week, in the lunchtime stream, on Wednesday 18 April 2007, at 1pm, Aoife Daly, PhD student in the School of Law, Research Fellow at the Children’s Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin, and Visiting Lecturer at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUI Galway, will present a paper entitled:

The Implementation of the International Right of Children to be Heard in Proceedings that Affect them.

As always, if you are interested, please do come along; if past sessions are anything to go by(*), this should be an enjoyable and informative presentation.

* And yes, I do know that past performance is no guarantee of future results. And terms and conditions apply!…

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BCI News

16 April, 200711 June, 2018
| 4 Comments
| advertising, Digital Rights, Freedom of Expression, Media and Communications, Tobacco Control

My, but the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) is being busy. Two important developments deserve comment: this week’s new codes and today’s announcement of a new christian radio channel. And they are linked.

First, the Codes. …

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What price privacy when cctv is about?

12 April, 200731 July, 2007
| 3 Comments
| Digital Rights, Irish Law, Irish Society, Media and Communications, Privacy

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Dearbhail McDonald (Legal Affairs Correspondent of the Irish Independent) has brought my attention to a press release issued yesterday by the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (the ‘Venice Commission‘, an organ of the Council of Europe) about its recent Opinion on Video Surveillance in Public Places by Public Authorities and the Protection of Human Rights. …

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Carmina Burana in the NCH

12 April, 200712 April, 2007
| No Comments
| Media and Communications

carmina-burana-flier.jpgDU Choral Society (in which I have sung bass, occasionally and very shakily), conducted by Bernie Sherlock, will sing Carl Orff‘s ‘Carmina Burana‘ in the National Concert Hall (NCH) next Tuesday evening, 17 April 2007, at 8.00pm. Book now! And enjoy.

PS I can’t believe that the classic Old Spice ad which uses ‘O Fortuna‘ (the opening and closing chorus from the ‘Carmina Burana’) isn’t available on YouTube! (though there are lots of other examples of the chorus, I particularly like this one).…

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Hat tips – Political Advertising; Privacy

6 April, 200714 September, 2020
| 5 Comments
| advertising, Freedom of Expression, Irish Law, Irish Society, Law, Media and Communications, Politics, Privacy

Hat tip, via flickrThis message is by way of catching up with two important developments this week, and thanking those fellow bloggers who brought them to my attention.

First up, political advertising. …

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“The right of a free press to communicate information without let or restraint is intrinsic to a free and democratic society”

29 March, 200723 September, 2016
| 7 Comments
| Freedom of Expression, Irish Law, Irish Society, Media and Communications, prior restraint

Luminarium, Dublin, 15 Jan 2007I have recently commented on this blog that the right to freedom of expression Article 40.6.1(i) has finally got some teeth!?. That process continued today in the Supreme Court, where Fennelly J uttered the line used as the title to this post. …

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