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United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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"Every bullet that kills a journalist in a warzone adds passion and urgency to calls for “something” to be done to better protect frontline media workers. International humanitarian law (the body of law that includes the Geneva Conventions) offers some avenues for legal redress, but problems wit ... more

Getting Away with Murder: CPJ’s 2012 Impunity Index

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2012), 13 pp.
"Deadly, unpunished violence against the press rose sharply in Pakistan and Mexico, continuing a dark, years-long trend in both nations, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in its newly updated Impunity Index. The global index, which calculates unsolved journalist murders as a percentage ... more

The Right to Remain Silent: Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan Ahead of the 7th Internet Governance Forum

Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS);International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 40 pp.

No Justice for Journalists in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia: Impunity and Killings of Journalists Go Hand in Hand

London; Copenhagen: Article 19;International Media Support (IMS) (2011), 41 pp.

The Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law

London: Working Conference “Safety and Protection of Journalists: A Responsibility for the World” (2011), 28 pp.
"The Initiative on Impunity and the Rule of Law is a global project of the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield and the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism (CLJJ) at City University, London. Our aims are to provide an independent platform to assess the effectivene ... more
"Whether they are nationals reporting wars occurring within their countries or international news media staff, journalists are facing growing dangers when covering conflict events. As civilians, they are protected to some extent by international humanitarian law (IHL). But what are these rules and h ... more
"More journalists were killed last year than ever before. No doubt the world has become a more dangerous place for journalists, but not necessarily in ways that people might expect. The risks to foreign journalists, especially for (but hardly limited to) Western correspondents, have risen dramatical ... more
This report examines the murders of 22 journalists and three media support workers, along with the disappearances of seven journalists, during the Calderón presidency, which began in December 2006. The report identifies systemic law enforcement failures and offers potential solutions.

Media Under Fire: Press Freedom Lockdown in Sri Lanka

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 26 pp.

Libertad de prensa en México: La sombra de la impunidad y la violencia. Misión Internacional de Documentación sobre ataques en contra de periodistas y medios de comunicación

Article 19;Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC);Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas (CPJ);International Media Support (IMS); (2008), 38 pp.
"This article analyses the ways in which socio-political opposition is expressed by looking into the morally loaded discourse of political legitimacy in Burkina Faso that emerged after the assassination of the journalist Norbert Zongo in December. Through the analysis of different political statemen ... more

Impunity no more: Unpunished Crimes Against Journalists

Miami: Inter American Press Association (IAPA);Colonial Press International (1999), 221 pp.
"The document discusses the Inter American Press Association's (IAPA) project on unpunished crimes against journalists. Over the past decade, more than 200 journalists have been murdered for doing their jobs reporting the news. Many of these crimes remain unsolved, allowing impunity to prevail. The ... more