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ACCREDITATION

Is the issuance by the editorial office of the media of the authority of its representative with the accredited organization and their acceptance by the accrediting body in the manner prescribed by law.

In the commentary to art. 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Vorohov writes that accreditation should be provided solely for the purpose of identifying journalists. The purpose of accreditation determines the requirements for the application.

According to paragraph 2 of the Standard Rules for the Accreditation of Media Journalists, the editorial offices of any registered media, as well as of any foreign media accredited to the Russian Foreign Ministry, have the right to accreditation.

It seems that this rule restricts the rights of a free journalist. You can realize your right to accreditation by applying to the organization where you want to be accredited. The requirements for the application are determined by the rules of the accrediting

Organization. It is important that the requirements for the application do not restrict the rights of the journalist. Thus, firstly the courts of the Saratov region and then the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation began the Rules for the accreditation of media representatives under the Government of the Saratov region approved by the resolution of the Government of the Saratov region on February 13, 2002 N0 22. The prosecutor of the Saratov region on March 28, 2002 appealed to the court with A statement on the recognition of a number of paragraphs of the Rules as illegal. One of these provisions was the provision on the indication in the application of the pseudonym of a journalist. The court of the Saratov region considered that such a claim is illegal. The Government of the Saratov region appealed to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which overturned the decision of the Saratov court and decided that the adoption of the rules was not only legal, but also necessary. The court decision stated that the requirement for correspondents to specify their pseudonyms does not limit the right of journalists to use pseudonyms fixed in Art. 47 of the Law on Mass Media.

According to the agency "NTA Privolzhie", a journalist from the Republic of Mari El applied to the republican prosecutor's office with a request to protest against the provision on

Accreditation of journalists

Media in

The State Assembly of Mari El. According to

Correspondents can become journalists from state-owned media.

In clause 4 of the Standard Rules for Media Journalists Accreditation, it is stipulated that the application of the media editorial office for the accreditation of its representative is submitted to the press service by the accrediting organization on the official letterhead of the editorial office signed by the editor-in-chief certified by the press. A copy of the certificate of registration of the media, two photos (3x4 cm) of each journalist are attached to the application. In clause 4.2 of the Model Regulations, it is proposed to submit the following requirements to the application or, more precisely, to indicate in the application the following information:

1) the full name of the media; circulation; periodicity; The location of the editorial office, the distribution area, postal (electronic) address, phone numbers and fax numbers of the editorial office;

2) Name, submitted for accreditation of a journalist;

3) type of accreditation.

In practice, there were two types

This provision

Accreditation: permanent and temporary.

Temporary accreditation is granted for a certain period of time. Permanent - no time limit.

In Art. 48 of the Law provides that the bodies, organizations, institutions,

Accredited journalists are required to notify them in advance of meetings, meetings and other events, provide phonograms, protocols and other documents, create favorable conditions for recording. The opportunity to attend meetings, meetings and other events held

Accredited by the journalist bodies, organizations and institutions, with the exception of cases when decisions have been taken to hold a closed event. Cases when closed meetings are held, and the procedure for their establishment is stipulated in the Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation, the AIC of the Russian Federation, the Rules of Procedure of the Federation Council and the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

In the article under review the following grounds for the deprivation of accreditation are indicated:

1) the established accreditation rules have been violated by a journalist or editorial staff;

2) common non-compliant

Validity of information discrediting the honor and dignity of the organization accrediting the journalist, which is confirmed by a valid court decision that entered into legal force.

It appears that the first reason is a violation by the journalist of the norms of conduct established in the Rules in the presence of circumstances that served as the basis for refusing accreditation, but were not known to the accrediting organization at the time of accreditation. It is very important that the second reason can lead to the deprivation of accreditation, if there is a legally binding decision of the court. Otherwise, if the factual party were evaluated by the accrediting organization, such a basis would serve as a ground for abuse by the accrediting organization and harassing disliked, "not praising" the media. In some provisions on accreditation, in addition to the grounds for deprivation of accreditation specified in the Law on Mass Media, other grounds are envisaged. So, in particular, according to the report of the agency "NTA Privolzhie" in the Regulations on the accreditation of journalists in the State Assembly of Mari El, as the reason for the deprivation of accreditation,
Activities of the National Assembly within six months.

The Institute of Accreditation is a public institution aimed at exercising the right to receive and disseminate information without violating the rights and legitimate interests of the organization in which information is requested. Accreditation is obligatory for foreign correspondents (for more details, see the commentary to article 55 of the Law on Mass Media). For Russian journalists, it creates more privileged conditions for the realization of the right to access to information