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World Press Freedom Day 2016

Recordings - World Press Freedom Day 2016

Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms: This Is Your Right!

UNESCO and the Government of Finland co-hosted the World Press Freedom Day's main event and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony in 2016 which took place in Helsinki, Finland, from 2-4 May 2016. World Press Freedom Day 2016 was organized under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö.

World Press Freedom Day main conference

3 May

Opening Ceremony: 25 years after the Windhoek Declaration - Press Freedom, Right to Information, and Transparency

3 May

Plenary 1: Protecting Your Rights: Surveillance Overreach, Data Protection, and Online Censorship
 

3 May

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony

4 May

Special Rapporteurs' Joint Declaration
 

4 May

Plenary 2: Freedom of Information as a Fundamental Freedom and Human Right

4 May

Closing Session: Adoption of the Finland Declaration
 

Seminar - Promoting Freedom of Expression in the Arab Region: Impact of development projects

4 May

Seminar - Promoting Freedom of Expression in the Arab Region: Impact of development projects