Preventing going to court with legal counseling for Ukrainian journalists
Liudmyla Pankratova, RDPI Executive Director, began her career working with the Council of Europe, OSCE, investigation journalism projects SCOOP and OCCRP. She led a team of lawyers in Natalia Sedletska’s case at the European Court of Human Rights. Rule 39 was applied denying access to the metadata from the journalist’s mobile phone and protecting the sources of information. Now Liudmyla is a member of the Independent Media Council considering non-compliance with the media law, international standards of media coverage and violations of journalistic ethics.