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Intervention and Interaction Model Protocol for Security Forces Regarding Journalists, Communicators and the Media

Montevideo: UNESCO Office Montevideo and Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean: Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR) (2023), 30 pp.

"The general objective of this Model Protocol is to serve as a reference in the development or updating of intervention and interaction protocols for security forces regarding the media, in accordance with international standards on freedom of expression, access to information and safety of journali ... more

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Übereinkommen über den Schutz und die Förderung der Vielfalt kultureller Ausdrucksformen

Bonn: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission (2023), 91 pp.

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Digital Platform Governance and the Challenges for Trust and Safety. Part 1: Why Lies and Hatred Proliferate on Digital Platforms

Research ICT Africa;UNESCO (2023), 21 pp.

"Online and platform content that may cause harm through the breach of human rights is sufficiently widespread to have raised concerns about the potentially severe implications for the future of trust, safety, democracy and sustainable development. A certain amount of this content is curbed by the d ... more

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Digital Platform Governance and the Challenges for Trust and Safety. Part 3: Possible Regulatory Solutions to Address Concerns with the Platforms

Research ICT Africa;UNESCO (2023), 19 pp.

"Platform problems are linked to the fact that they are not self-governing according to agreed industry standards but mainly ‘solo-governing’ when it comes to content curation and moderation. Reaction to the failure of current platform efforts to regulate content includes the danger of over-regu ... more

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Digital Platform Governance and the Challenges for Trust and Safety. Part 2: Platform's Own Policies and Practices: What Problems Need Changing?

Research ICT Africa;UNESCO (2023), 7 pp.

"Platform policies lack clarity about the relationship between them, and also about how policies should be applied at global and local levels. How platforms understand and identify harms is insufficiently mapped to human rights standards, and there is a gap in how policy elements should deal with di ... more

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Cartoonists on the line: Report on the situation of threatened cartoonists around the world 2020-2022

Cartooning for Peace;UNESCO (2023), 32 pp.

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Reporting on Artificial Intelligence: A Handbook for Journalism Educators

Maarit Jaakkola (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 133 pp.

"[...] While many AI deployments serve public interest, journalists also need insight and expertise to alert about aspects like exclusions, unequal benefits, and violations of human rights. As part of its journalism education series, UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communic ... more

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Data Sharing to Foster Information as a Public Good: The Case of Media Viability and Safety of Journalists in the Digital Ecosystem

Guy Berger

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 17 pp.

"Trends towards greater transparency of platforms, in the form of extending cooperation around data, offer benefit to the interests of all stakeholders. This policy brief considers the normative, institutional and technical mechanisms that support access to datasets that are not accessible generally ... more

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Who Makes the Cambodian News: An Assessment of Women's Presence and Portrayal in Cambodian News

Margarette Robers

Phnom Penh: UNESCO Office Phnom Penh (2023), 12 pp.

"A total of 4,094 news stories were collected and analysed across 12 selected media outlets for a period of one month, from 2 January 2023 to 31 January 2023, by trained monitors. This study revealed a grim picture of women’s under-representation and misrepresentation in Cambodian news. This is a ... more

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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and its Potential to Foster Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists: A Guide for Journalists

Gabriela Sotomayor

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 15 pp.

"This guide aims to provide information to help improve press coverage of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on issues relating to the right to freedom of expression, the safety of journalists and access to information with the purpose of improving their ability to inform the public, to a professio ... more

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Development and Promotion of the Right to Information in National Frameworks: Policy Guidelines

Bouchaib Bounabat

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 41 pp.

"The first part of these guidelines describes specific stakes related to Public Sector Information and Data (PSID) Access. It starts by defining PSID and their typology, continues by positioning their access at the heart of RTI, and stresses its role in giving a new boost to GPDI promotion. PSID dis ... more

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“Your opinion doesn’t matter, anyway”: Exposing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in an Era of Generative AI

Rumman Chowdhury

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 37 pp.

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El papel de las defensorías del público en el entorno digital

Gabriel Sosa Plata

Paris: UNESCO;Observacom (2023), 35 pp.

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Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages
Key Guidance

Inspiring Practice

Genner Llanes-Ortiz et al.

Paris: UNESCO;Global Voices (2023), 193 pp.

"This toolkit has been co-designed in close partnership with both established and emerging networks of Indigenous digital practitioners, language advocates, and collaborators, within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The toolkit promotes the foundation of l ... more

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Media and Information Literacy

Divina Frau-Meigs

Paris: UNESCO;Global Education Monitoring Report Team (2023), 18 pp.

"This report examines the regional and global state of Media and Information Literacy (MIL), a major theme identified in the Education 2030 Framework for Action. It is divided in three major sections: 1) definition of MIL, 2) good practices (curricula and pedagogy, teacher preparation, assessment) a ... more

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The Role of Law Enforcement Agents: Strengthening Investigations Into Crimes Against Journalists

Sarah Dean Kelly

2023: UNESCO (2023), 17 pp.

"1. Consideration should be given at an early stage of an investigation whether there are connections between the victim’s journalistic activities and the crimes committed against them. 2. Investigators should be given specific training around the issues and challenges faced in investigating crime ... more

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¿Cómo podría la alfabetización mediática contribuir a la vigencia de los derechos humanos?

René Zeballos

Guadalajara: Catedra UNESCO AMIDI - Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional y Diálogo Intercultural (2023)

"Cuando se revisa lo que plantea la UNESCO en la Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional (AMI), puede constatarse que no se trata de una propuesta de enseñanza y aprendizaje instrumental referido a la información y a los medios y tecnologías ... more

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Desafíos (y propuestas) para la viabilidad de la actividad periodística en América Latina

Santiago Marino, Agustín Espada

Paris; Montevideo: UNESCO;Observacom (2023), 39 pp.

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Teaching Journalism Online: A Handbook for Journalism Educators

Susan Keith, Raluca Cozma (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 116 pp.

"Journalism education, being heavily focusing on experiential learning and face-to-face interaction, is particularly challenged when it comes to remote teaching and learning. This manual aims to provide journalism instructors the resources to improve their teaching in digital spaces. The subject mat ... more

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Revised Guidelines on the Inclusion of Learners with Disabilities in Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

Dianne Chambers, Zeynep Varoglu

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 39 pp.

"These Guidelines recognize the value of ODL as one of the most sustainable methods for overcoming the educational barriers faced by persons with disabilities. They also highlight and illustrate the facets of an ODL- facilitated education system using open educational resources (OER), free and open- ... more

Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages Key Guidance Inspiring Practice

Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages
Key Guidance

Inspiring Practice