Archbishop Desmond Tutu Appeal
An appeal to all governments to protect journalists’ rights and end impunity by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and chairman of The Elders, issued on the occasion of the Conference on “Safety and Protection of Journalists: A Responsibility for...
Political Study: Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS (CPJ) REPLIES TO QUESTIONS FOR “POLITICAL ASPECTS STUDY” OF THE INITIATIVE ON IMPUNITY AND THE RULE OF LAW, 16/5/2011 CPJ Website: www.cpj.org 1. How do you assess the overall extent of the damage to the free and legitimate activities...
About the Impunity and the Rule of Law Project
The Impunity Initiative: Developing legal and political remedies for violence against journalists and judicial impunity The Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law is a global project of the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield and...
Council of Europe to set up continuous monitoring on media freedom violations in 47 countries
On 27 January 2010 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation on Respect for Media Freedom, expressing alarm at the murders of at least 20 journalists in Europe since 2007 and setting up new mechanisms to identify...
Council of Europe wants continuous monitoring of media freedom violations in 47 countries
On 27 January 2010 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation on Respect for Media Freedom, expressing alarm at the murders of at least 20 journalists in Europe since 2007 and setting up new mechanisms to identify and prevent...