Seminar and Inter-Regional Dialogue: Enforcing and Upgrading Legal protections for Journalists
Co-Hosted by CFOM, Council of Europe, UNESCO, and ECtHR, November 2014 Marking the 2 November UN ‘International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’, this Seminar and Inter-Regional Dialogue addresses the urgent need to enforce and upgrade legal...
Seminar and Inter-regional Dialogue on the protection of journalists: Towards an effective framework of protection for the work of journalists and an end to impunity
The Seminar and Inter-regional dialogue on the protection of journalists took place on Monday 3 November in the building of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. It was organised jointly by the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the Centre for Freedom of the Media...
Reporters under threat: A discussion of when democracies attack the press
CFOM is hosting a panel talk based on Chris Paterson’s new book ‘Reporters under Threat: A discussion of when democracies attack the press’ (Pluto Press) 17th November 2014, 5pm War Reporters Under Threat describes the threat of violence facing war reporters from the...
Council of Europe announces Seminar and Inter-Regional Dialogue on the Protection of Journalists
On 3 November 2014, the Council of Europe, the Centre for Freedom of the Media, UNESCO and the European Lawyer’s Union are jointly organising in Strasbourg a seminar with a view to enforcing and levelling-up international standards and mechanisms for the protection of...
World Press Freedom Day conference urges the UN: Put media freedom and independence at heart of post-2015 development goals
UNESCO conference urges UN to include free expression in post-2015 development goals A two day conference marking World Press Freedom Day at UNESCO Headquarters ended Tuesday with a Declaration that highlights the contribution of free expression to development. The...