Freedom of expression and information within the right to communicate according to Albanian legislation

• Authors: Valentina Memini

Abstracts

EN

Throughout history, mankind has been inclined to use an increasingly advanced technology to enhance communication skills between them. Communication already represents a need as essential as it is considered one of the funda-mental human rights. This right of communication today translates, among others, as the right to freedom of expression, as well as the right to infor-mation. These rights are provided in the highest acts such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, the Constitution of the Republic of Albania as well as other laws or bylaws issued on the basis and implementation of the Constitution. The human right to express oneself, to be informed and at the same time to preserve privacy, is developing along with the great boom that has taken place in the development of communication technology, in an increasingly connected world, so much so that to look like a global village, where information spreads very quickly. The evolution that has taken place with the development of information technology and related digital communications in recent years has changed the communication practices around the world. But in addition to this, the legislation that regulates this field has undergone constant changes, due to the fact of direct implication for human rights.

Keywords

EN

freedom of expression; freedom of information; communication; media; law; information technology

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
• Journal: Intercultural Communication
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 91-102

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Valentina Memini

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.13166/ic/712022.4992

Biblioteka Nauki

2152906