A/HRC/44/52
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 May 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-fourth session
15 June–3 July 2020
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Combating violence against women journalists
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes
and consequences*
Summary
Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 41/17, the Special Rapporteur on
violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović, has prepared a
report on violence against women journalists. In her report, the Special Rapporteur aims to
build on the existing human rights standards and to offer a more holistic approach to
addressing the specific challenges faced by women journalists, as well as their causes, and
to provide recommendations to States and other stakeholders on how to tackle those issues.
As such, the Special Rapporteur seeks to lay the foundation for States to establish an
appropriate human rights framework, including through the development of policies or
strategies to ensure the protection of women journalists.
* Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.20-06430(E)