Ricardo Hernández, winner of the 2023 Breach/Valdez Award for Journalism and Human Rights, believes the right to a free press is essential for the protection and promotion of other fundamental human rights. In Mexico, the price for that right can be death.
Background Counter-terrorism laws and other laws that protect national security form an important part of the legal and regulatory framework of the State. In practice, however, there are instances...
Journalist and activist Griselda Triana fights for freedom of the press and for reparations for families of murdered, displaced, and disappeared journalists in Mexico – and she fights from personal experience.
Journalism is crucial to human rights. Investigative journalism helps ensure that institutions are transparent and responsive. Objective information enables people to make sound choices and...
TEGUCIGALPA / GENEVA (31 October 2023) — The legal and judicial system in Honduras has failed to ensure justice and accountability for the most serious crimes and threats to the safety of human rights...
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 50/15, in which the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, including in consultation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other relevant United Nations bodies, to convene at its fifty-third session a panel discussion, fully accessible to persons with disabilities, on the role of digital, media and information literacy in the promotion and enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 76/173, describes the current situation in relation to the safety of journalists and media workers worldwide.
Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We live in a world characterised by digitalisation and rapid technological advancement, with the online space playing a central role in all matters...
Maltese journalist Herman Grech wrote, directed and produced a play on a murder investigation that delves into the heart of freedom of expression and its impact on human rights.
While Afghan Zuhal Ahad faced constant harassment by the Taliban for her coverage of women’s affairs, she continued to risk her life to tell the important stories that impacted the people in her country.