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National Human Rights Institutions and Journalist Safety

Binod Bhattarai

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2022), 98 pp.

"This report explores the role of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in South and Southeast Asia – Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia and Pakistan – and how their engagement in supporting national protection mechanisms for journalists can contribute to upholding their mandate of promoting ... human rights for all. Indonesia has an estimated 100,000 journalists in a population of over 271 million people. Its geography represents a challenge for monitoring violations of press freedom and the safety of journalists. In Indonesia, journalists’ and civil society groups have begun to support vulnerable journalists and to collaborate on setting up a national safety mechanism for them. Such a mechanism could involve existing organisations of journalists, the National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia, the Press Council and other state agencies. Preliminary consultations are assessing which institutions might anchor such a mechanism and whether the existing legal framework is appropriate or adequate. Nepal saw a rise in the persecution and assassinations of journalists during the Maoist government conflict (1996-2006) and the long transition to a new constitution (2006-2015). Some perpetrators were prosecuted successfully, but many cases remain open. Nepal was one of the first countries whose NHRI considered the establishment of a mechanism for journalists’ safety. The Nepal National Human Rights Commission and the Federation of Nepali Journalists began working towards this in 2012, and their efforts culminated in 2019 when the Nepal National Human Rights Commission approved a directive to establish a multi-stakeholder mechanism for upholding the freedom of expression of all citizens, including journalists. Pakistan has one of the world’s highest rates of impunity for crimes against journalists, despite the formidable efforts of journalists’ and civil society groups. For example, out of over 140 journalist deaths, only three perpetrators have been prosecuted and all three verdicts were overturned on appeal. However, change could be in the air: Pakistan enacted a new national law in 2021 – based on one adopted earlier by a provincial government – to protect journalists’ safety. While this legislation is welcome, those laws do not include a role for the Pakistan National Commission of Human Rights and thus could be more robust, according to journalists’ and civil society groups. The Philippines is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists, but the government has begun working with its NHRI on a multi-stakeholder mechanism to protect them. Since 1986, 234 journalists and media professionals in the Philippines have been killed, including 19 after President Rodrigo Duterte took charge of the administration in October 2016. According to media and civil society groups, state agencies have allegedly been involved in 114 attacks and threats against journalists and civil society advocates who had first been “red-tagged” by the authorities for their supposed links with armed communist insurgents and/or “terrorism”. In July 2018, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) adopted a resolution to form a taskforce with a mandate to monitor and investigate media-related extrajudicial killings. This led to more collaboration between the CHR, media and civil society groups. As a result, the Philippine Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists was launched in November 2019, as part of a threeyear European Union project that seeks to establish a national multi-stakeholder mechanism for the safety of journalists." (Executive summary, pages 9-10) more

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Brief No.1: Media Restrictions and the Implications for Gender Equality in Afghanistan

Michelle Gehrig

Kabul: UN Women (2022), 29 pp.

"After nearly 20 years of international investment and successful efforts to build a diverse media landscape and strengthen journalism standards, the Afghan media sector has fundamentally changed for the worse since the Taliban (also referred herein to as the de facto authorities) takeover on 15 Aug ... more

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A Special Collection of the Case Law of the African System of Human and Peoples’ Rights

New York: Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression (2022), 14 pp.

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Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights

Carlo Carvajal, José Ignacio Michaus (eds.)

New York: Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression (2022), 25 pp.

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Human Rights and Technological Change: Conflicts and Convergences After 1945

Michael Homberg, Benjamin Möckel (eds.)

Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag (2022), 392 pp.

"The volume analyses the ambivalent relationship between human rights and modern technologies since 1945. Tools of suppression or agents of emancipation? Modern technologies have become a major subject of human rights policy. Surveillance technology, the military use of drones, and the possibilities ... more

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Inter-American System of Human Rights

Anderson Dirocie (ed.)

New York: Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression (2022), 18 pp.

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Guide for Journalists on How to Document International Crimes

Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2022), 16 pp.

"[…] Journalists covering conflict zones in some cases become first-hand witnesses to crimes, including international crimes such as systematic killing of civilians, serious acts of torture and mass sexual violence. This guide aims to provide simple, accessible advice to journalists (and editors) ... more

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Defending Democracy in Exile: Policy Responses to Transnational Repression

Yana Gorokhovskaia, Linzer. Isabel

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2022), 42 pp.

"Transnational repression is strategically employed by autocrats, enabled by underprepared host governments, and spreading rapidly around the world. This report aims to assess the strengths and weaknesses in the global understanding of and responses to transnational repression, so that governments, ... more

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Comunicación estratégica para defensores de derechos humanos

FundaRedes (2022), 6 pp.

"Este documento define la comunicación estratégica para defensores de DD.HH., así como las etapas de esta y algunas recomendaciones estratégicas." (commbox)

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Indonesia: Submission to the 41st Session of the UPR Working Groups, November 2022

Amnesty International; Alliance of Independent Journalists (2022), 3 pp.

"This joint submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Indonesia in November 2022. In it, Amnesty International and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) evaluate the implementation of recommendations made to Indonesia in its previous UPR, including in relation to hum ... more

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Russia: "You Will be Arrested Anyway." Reprisals Against Monitors and Media Workers Reporting from Protests

London: Amnesty International (2022), 48 pp.

"This document looks into the human rights violations committed against two specific groups who play important roles for the enjoyment of the right to peaceful assembly. The first group – public assembly monitors – performs a watchdog function by recording how rigorously the authorities observe ... more

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Human Rights Discourses in Kenya's Community Media: A Mapping Report

Nairobi: Jounalists for Justice (2022), 21 pp.

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Reporting on Human Rights: Manual for Training Community Media Practitioners

Nairobi: Journalists for Justice (2022), 51 pp.

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Journalists' Handbook on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Guidelines for Gender-Sensitive Reporting

Equality Now (2022), 68 pp.

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Reporting on Violence Against Children: A Guide for Journalists

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) (2022), vi, 28 pp.

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Documenta: Guía para registrar violaciones a los derechos humanos en contextos restrictivos

Caracas: Espacio Público (2021), 32 pp.

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The Human Rights Film Network: Festival resilience in the time of Covid-19

Mariagiulia Grassilli, Alexandra-Maria Colta

NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies, volume 10, issue 1 (2021), pp. 275-282

"[...] This article focuses on how human rights festivals across the world have creatively and resourcefully resisted and adapted to Covid-19. It analyses the impact of this crisis on festival organisations within their contexts and on the global outreach that was possible thanks to the connections ... more

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Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression

Nate Schenkhan, Isabel Linzer

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2021), 74 pp.

"This report is the product of an effort to understand the scale and scope of “transnational repression,” in which governments reach across national borders to silence dissent among their diaspora and exile communities. Freedom House assembled cases of transnational repression from public source ... more

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Reporting Business and Human Rights: A Handbook for Journalists, Communicators and Campaigners
Key Guidance

Nick Raistrick

UNDP (2021), 116 pp.

"This handbook is broadly divided into three sections: this first focuses on understanding business and human rights, its themes and topics. The second part looks at the practicalities of reporting business and human rights stories: from finding ideas and spotting stories through to the process of r ... more

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Human Rights in Survival Mode: Rebuilding Trust and Supporting Digital Workers in the Philippines

Jonathan Corpus Ong, Jeremy Tintiangko, Rossine Fallorina

Cambridge, MA: Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; Asia Foundation (2021), 63 pp.

"This report summarizes powerful research on the Philippines’ human rights sector in “survival mode” under Rodrigo Duterte’s violent regime. Historically known as the most active civil society in Asia, the Philippines human rights movement has faced an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy whil ... more

Reporting Business and Human Rights: A Handbook for Journalists, Communicators and Campaigners Key Guidance

Reporting Business and Human Rights: A Handbook for Journalists, Communicators and Campaigners
Key Guidance