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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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The State of Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists in Africa
Deep Insights
CIPESA (2022), 57 pp.
"This report seeks to serve two purposes. The first is to research and document the state of media freedom and safety of journalists in Africa and to provide specific and evidence-based recommendations to guide policy makers, media development organisations and other media freedom and human rights a
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Privacy Imperilled: Analysis of Surveillance, Encryption and Data Localisation Laws in Africa
CIPESA (2022), 67 pp.
"In the past few years, many countries across the continent have enacted various laws that permit surveillance, mandate telecommunication intermediaries to facilitate the interception of communication, stipulate the mandatory collection of biometric data, limit the use of encryption, require the loc
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The Pen and the Camera Are Not Enemies: Neither Are Uniforms
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 27 pp.
"The relationship between journalists and the security forces shows, almost universally, permanent tension. This document explains […] the reasons why both the press and the exercise of journalism, on the one hand, and the existence of the security forces and their action respecting human rights,
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Brief No.1: Media Restrictions and the Implications for Gender Equality in Afghanistan
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
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Content Moderation and Local Stakeholders in Kenya
Article 19; UNESCO (2022), 83 pp.
"This report specifically looks at the situation of local actors who, while they are impacted by the circulation of harmful content on social media or the moderation thereof, often find themselves unable to take effective action to improve their situation in that respect." (Introduction)
Periodismo SOS: Del filantrocapitalismo al poder que mata
Madrid: Ediciones Pirámide (2022), 232 pp.
"Las autoras desarrollan una investigación para encontrar los orígenes del filantroperiodismo como un nuevo escenario laboral. Al igual que la persecución de los poderes extralegales a los periodistas que cuentan la realidad. Como consecuencia, el libro desarrolla un análisis de la situación de
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Content Moderation in autoritären Staaten: Wie soziale Medien zu Komplizen autoritärer Herrscher zu werden drohen
Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) (2022), 8 pp.
"Täglich gibt es Berichte darüber, wie private Betreiber sozialer Medien sich problematischen Vorgaben autoritärer Herrscher beugen. Ob in Thailand, Kasachstan oder Russland, immer wieder werden als Teil von Content Moderation (CM) gezielt Inhalte entfernt oder Konten gelöscht, weil Regierungen
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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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Lights Out: Is This the End for Hong Kong's Media?
Brussels: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2022), 11 pp.
"The transformation of Hong Kong is “unstoppable,” as one official has said. And journalists should not expect any special privileges. Journalists, including foreign journalists, are welcome. But they must stick to reporting basic facts, not align with what Beijing called the “anti-China force
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Digital Rights Are Human Rights: An Introduction to the State of Affairs and Challenges in Africa
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 7 pp.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, 495 million people (46 percent of the population) subscribed to mobile phones in 2020, however, the cost of accessing the internet is very high and many African Governments are renowned for restricting access to the internet to limit critics and their opposition through inter
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Azerbaijan: Analysis of the Law on Media
Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2022), iv, 27 pp.
"This analysis of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Media” (Media Law) by the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) seeks to enrich and deepen the criticisms and analyses already made of the Law, based on international human rights standards, in particular the right to freedom of expression
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Digitalisation and Civic Space: Chances and Challenges
Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2022), 58 pp.
"Multifaceted, uncensored, promoting democracy - that is the internet, many people had long hoped. But from today's perspective, this is not true - or only partially. Because the big digital platforms and the world wide web are both: media of freedom and control. In many places, they support civil s
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Internet Shutdowns and Human Rights: Submission in Response to the Call for Comments by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as Input for the Report on Internet Shutdowns and Human Rights to the Fiftieth Session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2022), 29 pp.
"Temporary internet disruptions and shutdowns pose serious challenges to the exercise of a wide range of rights and therefore cannot be justified under any pretext, whether these relate to preservation of national security, safeguarding the public order, or countering disinformation, among others. A
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More than just collateral damage. Ramifications of the pandemic for freedom of the press
Publizistik, volume 67 (2022), pp. 31–50
"Confronted with a situation that was new to everyone, world leaders sought the best way to contain the pandemic caused by the coronavirus. The measures introduced, with lockdowns and curfews, affected fundamental rights such as freedom of movement and assembly, with implications for freedom of expr
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"Pour faciliter le travail des journalistes, il importe de s’assurer que leur droit de rechercher, d’accéder à l’information, de produire et de publier du contenu d’intérêt public n’est pas restreint. Pour l’avenir de la démocratie et de la presse qui lui est congénitale, il est im
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