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"Domestic law and practice in member States should provide for explicit and clear protection of the right of journalists not to disclose information identifying a source in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms...The right of journalists not to disclose information identifying a source must not be subject to other restrictions than those mentioned in Article 10, paragraph 2 of the Convention."

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CoE (Committee of Ministers): Recommendation No. R(2000)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Right of Journalists Not to Disclose Their Sources of Information, principle 1-3

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Recommendation No. R(2000)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Right of Journalists Not to Disclose Their Sources of Information

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The right of the media to gather information, including from confidential sources without government interference, should be assured.