Journalist Self-Regulation Practices in the New Democracies - Unesco

the mother and sometimes of the juvenile child enabled an easy identification of the victims.
In such circumstances it was a clear interference with the privacy of the persons that allegedly
had been subject to abuses. Also, in that case there was no impetuous need that would
justify the interference with the privacy of those persons, especially of the child.
In its decision, the Moldovan Press Council found that the TV station had violated the provisions
of the Journalist Code of Ethics on protecting the identity of juveniles involved in
events with negative connotation and on protecting the supreme interest of the juvenile,
and requested that the report “The Alcohol Took His Mind” be withdrawn from the website
of that media outlet or the report be changed in such a way as to not make the identifying of
the juvenile victim possible.
The full case file with the complaint of UNICEF Moldova against the TV station was submitted
for information to the Broadcast Coordinating Council (body for legal regulation of
broadcasters), to the Commission for Culture, Education, Research, Youth, Sport and Mass
Media of the Moldovan Parliament, and to the Children’s Ombudsman.
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