Protection of journalists and press freedom 2010, para. 27
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- Although reporting from situations of armed conflict significantly increases the risks to their lives, more journalists are, in fact, killed in non-conflict situations than are killed during armed conflict. Indeed, the Special Rapporteur would like to underscore the fact that the majority of casualties are not international war correspondents, but local journalists working in their own countries, mostly in peacetime, covering local stories. As highlighted in the joint statement issued by the Special Rapporteur and the three regional rapporteurs on freedom of expression, the Special Rapporteur would like to reiterate that journalists reporting on social problems, including organized crime or drug trafficking, voicing criticism of Government or the powerful, or reporting on human rights violations or corruption are at particular risk. Another factor that often places journalists at risk is reporting on environmental matters, electoral processes, demonstrations or civil disorder. The Special Rapporteur also notes that in at least 4 of every 10 cases in which journalists were murdered, the victims had reported receiving threats before they were killed.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/284, para. 27.
- Paragraph number
- 27
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