Protection of journalists and press freedom 2010, para. 58
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- UNESCO has also taken various initiatives relating to the protection of journalists as part of its mandate to defend freedom of expression and press freedom. For example, in 1997, the General Conference endorsed two major declarations on media assistance to conflict and post-conflict situations, as well as on the relationship between media and good governance. World Press Freedom Day 2007 focused on the theme of journalists' safety, and the participants adopted the Medellin Declaration on Securing the Safety of Journalists and Combating Impunity. In March 2008, the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) adopted a decision on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, which gave IPDC a central role in monitoring the follow-up to killings condemned by the Director-General of UNESCO. The latest report by the Director-General to the Intergovernmental Council of IPDC, on the safety of journalists and the danger of impunity, was published in March 2010.
- 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)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/284, para. 58.
- Paragraph number
- 58
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