Irlande, chapitre national

Les Journalistes comptent, Campagne du Conseil de l'Europe pour la sécurité des journalistes

Le Conseil de l'Europe encourage les Etats membres à transposer la Campagne dans le contexte national. Sans l'effort engagé et efficace de chaque membre au niveau national, à travers le développement de ce que l'on appelle le "chapitre national", la Campagne ne peut atteindre ses objectifs.

Dans cette section, nous présenterons les développements en Irlande :

In response to concerns raised by media organisations, an Garda Síochána has established a dedicated incident report registration process for journalists and media personnel. Incidents, including online abuse, involving media workers are reported to a single point of contact (a dedicated Garda Media Engagement Officer) by gatekeepers within media companies. 

The Garda Media Engagement Officer records the incident on a central database, to allow tracking of incidents involving media workers, and then ensures that the incident is investigated appropriately by the relevant local Garda personnel.

This mechanism has proved effective in ensuring that incidents are reported and satisfactorily followed up.
 

The MEG seeks to collaborate with online platforms, in an effort to tackle the wider issue of online abuse, and to develop a coordinated and standardised approach to incidents involving media personnel. 

More broadly, the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Act provides for a regulatory framework for online safety, which is applied and enforced by Coimisiún na Meán (Ireland’s media and online safety regulator). 

As part of this, Coimisiún na Meán is currently developing its first online safety code, which will apply to video-sharing platform services established in Ireland and is expected to be adopted in the coming months. The broad aim of the online safety code is to provide for systemic obligations that protect online users, and children in particular, from some of the most serious forms of harmful online content and to ensure online services are operating suitable user reporting and redress mechanisms.