Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 39
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Journalists and media workers have also been attacked when their activities include investigations of abuses by powerful non-State actors, such as organized crime (Italy, Mexico) and oil interest groups (Nigeria). Others have also been targeted as a consequence of monitoring preparations for landmark events, such as the Olympic Games (China).
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Governance & Rule of Law
Personnes concernées
Activists
Année
2012
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/19/55, para. 39.