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Whose Media Freedom is Being Defended? Norm Contestation in International Media Freedom Campaigns
Journal of Communication, volume 73, issue 2 (2023), pp. 87-100
"This article analyses how international advocacy campaigns approach and define media freedom, and what influences this process. It does this through a two-year case study of the Media Freedom Coalition—an intergovernmental partnership of over 50 countries—that included 55 interviews with key st
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MISA 2021 Regional Annual Report
Harare: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2022), 19 pp.
"The year 2021 was a mixed bag for freedom of expression in Southern Africa, with the freedom of expression environment improving in some countries, stagnant in others, while others recorded declines. Malawi led the way with the adoption of its access to information legislation, while Lesotho adopte
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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its Potential to Foster Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists: Guidelines for Civil Society Organizations
UNESCO;Amnesty International (2022), 17 pp.
"This guide aims to encourage civil society and community organizations, activists and individuals to engage with the United Nations' (UN) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism on freedom of expression, safety of journalists and access to information issues. The guide explains why it is importan
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UNESCO Prizes: Reviews and Renewals. UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
UNESCO (2022), 10 pp.
"In conformity with Article 8.1 of the Statutes for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize and the Revised Overall Strategy for UNESCO Prizes and its Constituent Criteria, an external evaluation of the Prize was carried out from June to July 2022 for the past six years of the Prize (201
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Can There be Security Without Media Freedom? 25th Anniversary of the Mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom on the Media
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2022), 49 pp.
"This exercise - bringing together eminent experts to look ahead - has enabled the Representative on Freedom of the Media to update and strengthen her toolbox so as to be better prepared to address media freedom challenges to our common security. The recommendations provided in this report are not a
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Fighting SLAPPs: What Can Media, Lawyers, and Funders Do?
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 16 pp.
"Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, are lawsuits taken against media organizations or activists with the sole purpose of silencing them. They typically involve a huge disparity in resources and the claimant’s tactic is to use the lawsuit, or threat of a lawsuit, to divert
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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its Potential to Foster Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists: Guidelines for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 15 pp.
"These UNESCO guidelines aim to provide practical support to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) on the use of the UPR process to improve freedom of opinion and expression, safety of journalists, and access to information and to strengthen their capacity to engage with the process in all its
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Violencia contra los periodistas
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Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2019), 554 pp.
"La violencia contra los periodistas no es un hecho aislado. Esta es una práctica presente en países de todo el mundo y que se caracteriza por la impunidad que rodea a las muertes de comunicadores de diversos medios de comunicación. Esta situación no solo deja impune el crimen, también impide y
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