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The United Nations’ Role in Promoting the Safety of Journalists from 1945 to 2016
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 45-60
"The United Nations (UN) has played an increasing role in promoting the safety of journalists. Yet little has been done to study its work from a historical perspective. This paper explores global attempts to promote journalist safety carried out by the UN system, from its inception in 1945 until 201
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Child Protection and UNICEF's Communication and Media Strategy: A Conflict-Related Study from Mindanao, the Philippines
"The author bases her analysis on five years of fieldwork in the conflict zones of Mindanao, the Philippines, where child protection is of critical importance. She works with the Nonviolent Peaceforce, which specializes in Unarmed Civilian Protection in close cooperation with the United Nations and
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Committee of Ministers: New Recommendation on Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists and Other Media Actors
IRIS Merlin (Council of Europe), volume 5, issue 1/3 (2016), 2 pp.
"On 13 April 2016, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted its Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)4 on the protection of journalism and safety of journalists and other media actors. This is a continuation of the Committee of Ministers’ engagement with the topic, following its adoption of
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The Role of the United Nations Organization to Ensure the International Protection of Journalists in Non-International Armed Conflicts
International Journal of Arts & Sciences, issue 1 (2016), pp. 95-110
"The non-international armed conflicts prevailing in the Middle East nowadays, have been witnessing a large number of atrocities committed against journalists. The study examined the extent to which international humanitarian law is able to provide special protection for Non-embedded (independent) j
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Communication at FAO
FAO (2016), 16 pp.
"FAO communication in numbers: Over 1.5 million followers on its social media networks. More than 100 000 articles published every year in the media, containing information or statements by FAO experts. Every month millions of users access fao.org to read news or find information. Every year more th
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Using the Universal Periodic Review for Human Rights Online
London: Global Partners Digital (2016), 31 pp.
"The guide is designed to help human rights defenders working on human rights online navigate the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, with resources and case studies of real life advocacy to help inform and structure engagement. It also provides examples of how the UPR has been used for human r
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How the UN Silenced Liberia’s Press
Foreign Policy, August 8 (2016)
"Few aspects of Liberian society have suffered more under UNMIL than the media, which is critical for any young democracy but all the more so for one emerging from civil war. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.N. mission itself, and other donors have spent more than $10 mil
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IPDC’s Role in the Promotion of the Safety of Journalists: A Way Forward
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 20 pp.
"The IPDC has played a significant role in the promotion of the safety of journalists in recent years, contributing to and building on the momentum around journalists’ safety issues. However, developing a specific IPDC strategy with the aim of maintaining the momentum, and making full use of its p
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UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
Deep Insights
United Nations (2016), 21 pp.
"The UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity is a systematic UN-wide plan to work toward a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, including social media producers of public interest journalism, with a view to strengthen peace, democracy, and dev
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The United Nations and Freedom of Expression and Information: Critical Perspectives
Deep Insights
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2015), xxiv, 508 pp.
"There are a multitude of UN legal instruments which pertain to the rights of freedom of expression and information, and this book is the first to comprehensively map them and their function. It details the chequered history of both rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of the sy
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Advocacy: Justice and the SDGs. How to Translate International Justice Commitments into National Reform
Transparency, Accountability, & Participation (TAP) Network (2015), 69 pp.
"[...] From now until 2030, governments around the world will be working to achieve the SDGs. Goal 16 guarantees “access to justice for all” and legal empowerment and justice are necessary for the overall success of the SDGs. By supporting your government to achieve Goal 16 you will be better ab
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Influencing the Information Domain: The United Nations’ Information Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In: Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
London: Tauris (2015), pp. 178-198
A Handbook for African Journalists on Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Nairobi: Environmental Compliance Institute; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2015), 100 pp.
"This Handbook provides African journalists and other environmental practitioners with a user- friendly compilation of the key environmental issues affecting the African continent together with the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) that address these issues. It is a quick, yet detailed, r
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Journalism at Risk: Threats, Challenges and Perspectives
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2015), 272 pp.
"Is journalism under threat? The image of journalists, as helmeted war correspondents protected by bullet-proof vests and armed only with cameras and microphones, springs to mind. Physical threats are only the most visible dangers, however. Journalists and journalism itself are facing other threats
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Communication Evaluation in International Organisations: Methodology, Influence and Use
London: London School of Economics and Political Science, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 305 pp.
"International organisations (IOs) wield considerable influence in today’s world. Distinguishing them from other actors are the new ideas they produce and communicate that can reframe global debates. However, there is little research about how these organisations evaluate their communication activ
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