Patrick Penninckx, who joined the Council of Europe thirty years ago, has been head of the Information Society department to promote democracy, the Rule of law and human rights since 2014. In December, he is expected to succeed Frenchman Harlem Désir as representative for media freedom at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (Interview by Véronique Leblanc).
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