Freedom of opinion and expression 2009, para. 3(c)
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[Calls upon all States:] To ensure that victims of violations of the rights referred to in paragraph 1 above have an effective remedy, to investigate effectively threats and acts of violence, including terrorist acts, against journalists, including in situations of armed conflict, and to bring to justice those responsible in order to combat impunity;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Humanitarian
Violence
Year
2009
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Freedom of opinion and expression (2009), A/HRC/RES/12/16, OP 3(c).