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V
e n e z u e l a 2. SPECIFIC PRESS LAWS The Law for Practicing Journalism (published in the Official
Gazette of the Republic of Venezuela No. 4819, 22 December 1994)
is the existing legislature governing the press. The law?s constitutionality was challenged before the Supreme
Court of Justice the same year it was enacted, but no decision has
yet been handed down. The challenge primarily attacks compulsory
licensing, the compulsory requirement of a university degree, an
ethics code and other requirements and conditions imposed by the
Law for Practicing Journalism. As noted in Art. 1, ?Practicing the profession of journalism
shall be governed by this law and its regulations. Members of the
National Society of Journalists will be subject to the bylaws of
the society, to the Code of Ethics of the Venezuelan Journalist
and to the resolutions approved by the appropriate units of the
society.? The law, enacted by the Congress of the Republic, is divided
into chapters related to the journalism profession, the organization
of the National Society of Journalists, the duties and rights of
the members of the National Society of Journalists and to pension
plans and social security.?
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