Bolivia's National Tribunal of Journalistic Ethics (Spanish: Tribunal Nacional de Ética Periodística; TNEP) is an independent advisory body to the Bolivian press, which monitors the behavior of journalists according to ethical criteria.[1] It forms part of the National Council of Journalist Ethics (Spanish: Consejo Nacional de Ética Periodística). First set up in February 2010, the National Tribunal accepts and rules on individual complaints against state media or private press.[2]
The tribunal has five members, including a president, which change every two years.[2] The original members of the tribunal were:[3][4]
- Alberto Bailey Gutiérrez (President), winner of the National Journalism Prize
- María Eugenia Verástegui. (Secretary General), journalist
- Marcelo Guardia Crespo, journalist director of the Communications department at the Catholic University of Bolivia[which?]
- Waldo Albarracín Sánchez, former Ombudsman
- Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé, former President of Bolivia (2005–06) and former Chief Justice of the Bolivian Supreme Court
References
edit- ^ "Fallos del Tribunal de Ética pueden ser inicio de un proceso judicial" [Judgments of the Ethics Court can be the beginning of a judicial process]. Opinión. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Tribunal de ética emitió cuatro fallos contra Cambio, pero el Gobierno calla" [Ethics Court issued four rulings against Cambio, but the Government is silent]. Opinión. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Tribunal de Ética Periodística insta a Correo del Sur a recurrir a fuentes informativas verificables y originales" [Tribunal of Journalistic Ethics urges Correo del Sur to resort to verifiable and original information sources]. Los Tiempos. Cochabamba. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ "Periodistas critican censura de contenidos en los medios" [Journalists criticize censorship of media content]. El Diario. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.