1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary to the text.

medium (n) - способ, средство

imply (v) - предполагать, подразумевать, заключать в себе, значить

interference (n) - вмешательство

preservation (n) – сохранение, сохранность

distinguish (v) - различить; разглядеть, рассмотреть;проводить различие

disclosure (n) - обнаружение, открытие, разоблачение, раскрытие

relevance (n) - релевантность; значимость; существенность; важность

subject to (v) -подчинять

define (v) - характеризовать; определять, устанавливать

legislation (n) - законодательство; законодательная деятельность 2) закон; законопроект

ambit (n) – зд. границы

state (v) - заявлять; утверждать, точно определять, формулировать

ensure = insure (v) - гарантировать, обеспечивать

entrenched (adj) - закрепившийся, укоренившийся

treatment (n) – обращение

2. Commentary and Notes to the text.

UDHR – the abbreviation for The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris. The Declaration arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. The Declaration consists of thirty articles which have been elaborated in subsequent international treaties, regionalhuman rights instruments, national constitutions, and other laws.

CPJ - the abbreviation for The Committee to Protect Journalists is an American independent nonprofit organization, based in New York City, New York, that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists. The American Journalism Reviewhas called the organization "Journalism's Red Cross".

Reporters Without Borders (RWB), or Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), is a France-based international non-profit,non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press. The organization has consultant status at the United Nations. RWB has two primary spheres of activity: one is focused on Internet Censorship and the New Media, and the other on providing material, financial and psychological assistance to journalists assigned to dangerous areas. Its missions are to:

• continuously monitor attacks on freedom of information worldwide;

• denounce any such attacks in the media;

• act in cooperation with governments to fight censorship and laws aimed at restricting freedom of information;

• morally and financially assist persecuted journalists, as well as their families; and

• offer material assistance to war correspondents in order to enhance their safety.

• Freedom House is a U.S.-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that conducts research and advocacy ondemocracy, political freedom, and human rights. Freedom House was founded in October 1941. Wendell Willkie andEleanor Roosevelt served as its first honorary chairpersons. It describes itself as a "clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world".

The organization's annual Freedom in the World report, which assesses each country's degree of political freedoms and civil liberties, is frequently cited by political scientists, journalists, and policy-makers. Freedom of the Press and Freedom of the Net,^[4] which monitor censorship, intimidation and violence against journalists, and public access to information, are among its other signature reports.