International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2016

2015 - 2014

2015

UNESCO organized the commemoration conference on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, in partnership with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights from 9 to 10 October 2015, in preparation of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI) on 2 November. UNESCO also convened events in Paris, London, New York and elsewhere, on Monday, 2 November 2015, to mark the IDEI. The events served as an occasion to launch, in various locations, the UNESCO report, World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development – Special Digital Focus 2015, which contains the Organization’s most recent information on the safety of journalists and impunity.

For more information on the commemoration conference in Costa Rica please read the background paper (EN, ES) and the Conference Report (EN).

2014

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 organized jointly by the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the Centre for Freedom of the Media of the University of Sheffield, and the European Lawyers Union. The seminar was opened by Guido Raimondi, the Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights, who noted that the court had developed important principles for the protection of journalists under threat; those included the fundamental principle of the positive obligations of states to protect journalists in danger.