Freedom of opinion and expression 2009, para. 1(c)
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[Expresses its continuing concern that:] Threats and acts of violence, including killings, attacks and terrorist acts, particularly directed against journalists and other media workers in situations of armed conflict, have increased and are not adequately punished, in particular in those circumstances where public authorities are involved in committing those acts;
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 1(c).