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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Afghanistan: An Assessment Based on UNESCO's Journalists' Safety Indicators

Ilias Alami, Nangyalay Tanai, Mahmood Mobarez

Paris: UNESCO;International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2019), 129 pp.

"This report maps threats against journalists in Afghanistan between January and December 2017. Divided into five key indicator categories, the report first provides an overview of the safety situation of journalists in Afghanistan; followed by the discussion of the roles and responses of State and ... more

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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Iraq: An Assessment Based on UNESCO's Journalists' Safety Indicators

Ibrahim Al Saraji

Paris: UNESCO;International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2019), 71 pp.

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Unsere gemeinsame digitale Zukunft

Martina Fromhold-Eisebith, Ulrike Grote, Ellen Matthies, Dirk Messner, Karen Pittel, Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Ina Schieferdecker, Sabine Schlacke, Uwe Schneidewind et al.

Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU) (2019), xxviii, 485 pp.

"So wie der Brundtland-Bericht mit dem Titel „Unsere gemeinsame Zukunft“ 1987 das Konzept der nachhaltigen Entwicklung entworfen hat, skizziert der WBGU in diesem Gutachten „Unsere gemeinsame digitale Zukunft“ das Konzept der digitalisierten Nachhaltigkeitsgesellschaft. Dieses Gutachten stel ... more

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Steering AI and Advanced ICTs for Knowledge Societies: A Rights, Openness, Access, and Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Xianhong Hu, Bhanu Neupane, Lucia Flores Echaiz, Prateek Sibal, Macarena Rivera Lam

Paris: UNESCO (2019), 197 pp.

"This report recognizes artificial intelligence (AI) as an opportunity to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through its contribution to building inclusive knowledge societies. Based on UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM framework agreed by UNESCO’s Member States i ... more

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Keeping Children Safe Online

Alex Green, Clare Wilkins, Grace Wyld

Nominet;New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) (2019), 31 pp.

"Parents and other supporting adults can understandably become anxious about the need to be consistently up to date on the fast-changing preferences, behaviours and technologies that children adopt, adapt and create. Helping parents to recognise the existing skills, knowledge and capabilities they h ... more

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What Policy Communication Works for Migration? Using Values to Depolarise

James Dennison

European Union;International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD);EUROMED Migration (2019), 27 pp.

"This study places the most common recommendation from practitioners—that migration communication should be based on values—within the broader scientific literature by introducing Schwarz’s psychological theory of ‘basic human values’ and then using European Social Survey data to visualise ... more

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Interministerial Strategy to Support “Dealing with the Past and Reconciliation (transitional Justice)” in the Context of Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts and Building Peace

Berlin: German Federal Foreign Office (2019), 32 pp.

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Communicating Effectively on Migration: Recommendations and Policy Options

Hind Sharif

Research Social Platform on Migration and Asylum (RESOMA) (2019), 12 pp.

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Situación de los derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas y tribales de la Panamazonía: Aprobado por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos el 29 de septiembre de 2019

Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) (2019), 210 pp.

"En el presente informe, la CIDH pudo constatar cómo el incremento de las actividades extractivas en la Amazonía ha causado efectos de deforestación y ha creado tensiones por el uso de la tierra y sus recursos. En algunos países las actividades ilícitas se han fortalecido, posibilitando rutas d ... more

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China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order
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Cédric Alviani

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2019), 51 pp.

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Internet Shutdowns: An Internet Society Public Policy Briefing

Internet Society (2019), 13 pp.

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China’s Digital Silk Road: Strategic Technological Competition and Exporting Political Illiberalism

Clayton Cheney

Pacific Forum (2019), iv, 23 pp.

"The Digital Silk Road is the component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative that aims to establish China as the global technological superpower. While the Belt and Road Initiative is generally understood to be a foreign policy initiative, it is important to view the Digital Silk Road as both a for ... eign and domestically focused aspect of the initiative. The first step to analyzing this component of the Belt and Road Initiative is to create a conceptual roadmap to understand the components of the Digital Silk Road. This paper argues that it comprises four interrelated, technologically focused initiatives. First, China is investing abroad in digital infrastructure, including next generation cellular networks, fiberoptic cables and data centers. Second, it contains a domestic focus on developing advanced technologies that will be essential to global economic and military power. These advanced technologies include satellite navigation systems, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Third, because China recognizes the importance of economic interdependence to international influence, the Digital Silk Road promotes e-commerce through digital free trade zones. Last, digital diplomacy and governance, including through multilateral institutions, are key to China creating its ideal international digital environment. After outlining a broad conceptual map of the Digital Silk Road, this paper focuses on how China’s investment in digital infrastructure and the strategic technological competition between China and the United States will shape the international orders in the Asia-Pacific region and globally. It argues that China perceives technological advancement as the sphere in which it can most adequately challenge the United States’ global power without creating direct confrontation, including possible military confrontation. Second, the United States seeks to constrain the Digital Silk Road and China’s technological ascendancy by presenting Chinese technology corporations as posing an unacceptable risk to international security. Third, China does not want to replace the current international order that has persisted since the end of the Second World War. Rather, it would like to maintain the liberal economic order that has permitted its economic rise and export its form of digital authoritarianism to create an illiberal political international order. Finally, through investing in data centers and pursuing data localization policies, China aims to achieve strategic geopolitical objectives by projecting sharp power abroad, which will be facilitated by big data." (Executive Summary) more

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¿Qué hacer frente a las fake news?

Philipp Müller, Nora Denner

Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2019), 30 pp.

"Para contestar la pregunta de qué hacer frente a las “Fake News”, se prohíbe dar respuestas simplistas. El presente dictamen argumenta que borrar “Fake News” de las redes sociales no es una panacea. Todo lo contrario: Los populistas percibirían su eliminación como una confirmación de s ... us actitudes basadas en teorías conspirativas y verían otro motivo para criticar a las élites. También es probable que los usuarios más susceptibles en este sentido se retiren hacia lugares más apartados del Internet, con lo cual se refuerza la fragmentación de la sociedad. Por lo tanto, la Ley sobre la Exigibilidad Jurídica en las Redes (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, NetzDG) es el enfoque equivocado. También los mensajes de advertencia que de manera generalizada marcan noticias como “Fake News” pueden desplegar efectos más bien negativos: Por un lado, estas advertencias en el News Feed caen fácilmente en el olvido, mientras que la noticia en sí se queda en la memoria del usuario. Por el otro lado, los usuarios pueden percibir advertencias generales en su News Feed como una intervención en su libertad de decisión autónoma y por consiguiente enojarse. Por lo tanto, es importante aplicar estos instrumentos con un enfoque hacia la responsabilidad propia de los usuarios. Las libertades de información y de expresión como libertades fundamentales son indispensables para el funcionamiento de las sociedades democráticas. Las medidas, ya sean dictadas por el Estado o desarrolladas por las propias redes sociales, tienen que tomarlo en cuenta. Por lo tanto, el dictamen recomienda las siguientes medidas: Promoción escolar y extraescolar de la competencia mediática para proteger contra influencias mediáticas nocivas y fomentar un espíritu crítico en el usuario. Utilización de mensajes de advertencia antes de difundir las “Fake News”. Esta medida hace un llamamiento a la responsabilidad de los usuarios, por lo cual tiene sentido. Fomento y cultivo de un diálogo sociopolítico respetuoso para evitar la formación de grupos a favor y en contra de las élites. Intensificación y coordinación de la investigación nacional e internacional sobre el uso de los medios de comunicación y el efecto de las “Fake News” para llegar a una evaluación final de los peligros y un tra bajo informativo eficiente." (Sinopsis, página 5) more

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Contract for the Web

Web Foundation;CIPESA;Wikimedia Foundation (2019), 31 pp.

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Journalism in Libya: A Cross-Media Perspective

Marco Di Donato, Cristina Stefanelli (eds.)

Rome: Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED);PAgES Post-Crisis Journalism in Post-Crisis Libya (2019), 78 pp.

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Media Self-Regulation in South East Europe: Guide to Best Practices for the Digital Age

Paris; Brussels: UNESCO;UNESCO Office Brussels (2019), 16 pp.

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Global Justice 4.0: The Impacts of Digitalisation on the Global South
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Thomas Fritz, Sven Hilbig

Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2019), 74 pp.

"This publication discusses the extent to which digital technology can help tackle poverty and social inequality. Does it increase or restrict the opportunities for social and economic participation open to disadvantaged people? We analyse the history of e-commerce in the light of this question. We ... more

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Ending Impunity: Acting on UN Standards on the Safety of Journalists
Key Guidance

London: Article 19 (2019), 43 pp.

"A prevailing culture of impunity for threats to the safety of journalists fuels their repetition. A failure of justice emboldens perpetrators and undermines journalists’ trust in the political will to guarantee their effective protection. Since 2012, the international community has increasingly s ... more

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The Media and Participatory Governance in Ghana: Trends and Challenges

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2019), 15 pp.

"Drawing on available data and literature, this paper begins with an introduction on the media landscape in Ghana and explains how the media have contributed to promoting participatory and accountable governance. It further discusses the trends, barriers of media and governance in Ghana and makes ke ... more

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Digital Justice Manifesto: A Call to Own Our Digital Future

Just Net Coalition (2019), 16 pp.

"Key principles: 1. Data subjects must own their data – individually and collectively. 2. Our data requires protection from abuse. 3. We need the tools to control our data. 4. Data commons need appropriate governance frameworks. 5. Data protection, sharing and use require new institutions. 6. Data ... more

China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order Top Insights

Global Justice 4.0: The Impacts of Digitalisation on the Global South Top Insights

Ending Impunity: Acting on UN Standards on the Safety of Journalists Key Guidance

China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order
Top Insights

Global Justice 4.0: The Impacts of Digitalisation on the Global South
Top Insights

Ending Impunity: Acting on UN Standards on the Safety of Journalists
Key Guidance