1.4 Government makes every effort to honour regional and international instruments on freedom of expression and the media. Participants noted that the government deserves positive marks for adopting various regional and international instruments on freedom of expression and the press, namely: 1. Universal Declaration on Human Rights (through Mozambique’s adherence to the United Nations Charter); 2. Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa (Mozambique is a signatory of the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights); 3. SADC Protocol on Information, Culture and Sport. Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique (International Law) establishes the following: 1. International treaties and agreements, duly approved and ratiied, are in force in the Mozambican legal order following their oicial publication and as long as they are internationally binding on the State of Mozambique. 2. International laws have the same value in the internal legal order as do infra-constitutional laws approved by the Assembly of the Republic and the Government. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 82 3.5 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 3.6) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2011