APPENDIX A: LAWS PROPOSED FOR REPEAL
i. Sections 50 to 52 of the Criminal Code – deals with Sedition
ii. Sections 373 to 379 of the Criminal Code – deals with Criminal defamation
iii. Sections 46 of the Penal Code (Northern States) Federal Provisions Act also deals with sedition.
iv. Sections 391 to 395 of the Penal Code – also deals with Criminal defamation
v. Defamatory and Offensive Publications Act – makes provisions with respect to libel, slander and other malicious falsehood
vi. The Offensive Publications (proscription) Decree No.35 of 1993
vii. The Official Secrets Act – makes provision for securing public safety and classified matter.
viii. The Printing Presses Regulation Act – regulates printing presses and books and papers printed in Nigeria
ix. Section 93 of the Criminal Code
x. Obscene Publications Act, 1961 – amends the law relating to the publication of obscene matter; provides for the protection of literature and strengthens the law concerning pornography
xi. Newspaper Act of 1917 – deals with registration of newspapers
xii. Newspaper (Amendment) Act of 1964 – deals with circulation of newspaper in the Federal Territory
xiii. Seditious Meetings Act, 1961 – prohibits certain meetings in the federal territory during sitting days of either House of Parliament
xiv. Circulation of Newspaper Decree No 2 of 1966
xv. Newspaper Prohibition of Circulation Decree No 17 of 1967
xvi. Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No 11 of 1976
xvii. Newspaper (Prohibition of Circulation) Validation Decree No 12 of 1978
xviii. Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No 115,
1979
xix Paragraph 1 (b) of the fourth schedule to the 1999 constitution – which
vests local government authorities with the power to collect fees for
television and radio sets.
APPENDIX B: LAWS PROPOSED FOR AMENDMENT
i. Section 39 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
(1999)
ii. National Broadcasting Commission Decree No 38 of 1992 and National Broadcasting Commission (Amendment) Decree No 55 of 1999.
iii. The News Agency of Nigeria Decree:- to remove its monopoly in the distribution of the services of foreign news agencies, among other issues
iv. Emergency Powers Act, 1961
APPENDIX C: BILL PROPOSED FOR PASSAGE/ASSENT INTO LAW
i. The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill.
APPENDIX D:
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PROPOSED FOR
DOMESTICATION IN POLICY/LEGISLATION/REGULATION
i. Article 19 of the universal Declaration of Human Rights
ii. Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of
the United Nations
iii. Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
iv. The African Charter on Broadcasting
v. Article 65 and 66 of the ECOWAS Treaty
vi. The Commonwealth Statement on Freedom of Expression
vii. Declaration of principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa
viii. The Johannesburg principles on National Security, Freedom of Expression
and Access to information (endorsed by the United Nations Commission on
Human Rights)
ix. Article 21 of the Grand Bay Declaration
x. Article 29 of the Kigali Declaration
xi. Article 15 of the NEPAD Declaration
xii. The Rome Convention
xiii. The Florence Treaty
xiv. The Milan Declaration
APPENDIX E: AFRICAN CHARTER ON BROADCASTING
WE THE PARTICIPANTS OF WINDHOEK + 10 DECLARE THAT:
Acknowledging the enduring relevance and importance of the Windhoek Declaration to the protection and promotion of freedom of expression and of the media;
Noting that freedom of expression includes the right to communicate and access to means of communication;
Mindful of the fact that the Windhoek Declaration focuses on the print media and recalling Paragraph 17 of the Windhoek Declaration, which recommend that a similar seminar be convened to address the need for independence and pluralism in radio and television broadcasting;
Acknowledging the enduring relevance and importance of the Windhoek Declaration to the protection and promotion of freedom of expression and of the media;
Noting that freedom of expression includes the right to communicate and access to means of communication;
Mindful of the fact that the Windhoek Declaration focuses on the print media and recalling Paragraph 17 of the Windhoek Declaration, which recommend that a similar seminar be convened to address the need for independence and pluralism in radio and television broadcasting;
Recognizing that the political, economic and technological environment in which the Windhoek Declaration was adopted has changed significantly and that is a need to complement and expand upon the original Declaration;
Aware of the existence of serious barriers to free, independent and pluralistic broadcasting and to the right to communicate through broadcasting in Africa.
Cognizant of the fact that for the vast majority of the peoples of Africa, the broadcast media remains the main source of public communication and information;
Recalling the fact that the frequency spectrum is a public resource which must be managed in the public interest. |
