{"id":16235,"date":"2016-04-06T14:32:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T14:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=16235"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:00:59","slug":"training-security-forces-on-freedom-of-expression-and-the-safety-of-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/04\/training-security-forces-on-freedom-of-expression-and-the-safety-of-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Security Forces on Freedom of Expression and the Safety of Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:800px;--awb-max-height:467px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:58.38%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DaxXTAP_PaA?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The ±¬ÁÏÍøESCO project \u201cTraining Security Forces on Freedom of Expression and the Safety of Journalists\u201d aims at building the capacity of security forces to uphold citizens\u2019 rights to freedom of expression and information by improving journalist safety. Its goal is to establish more professional relationships between security forces and journalists conducive to a better environment for freedom of expression for all citizens. It has been already implemented in Tunisia since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The project comprises the training of security forces to better understand the role and function of journalists in democratic societies and to ensure the safety of journalists, including media workers and social media producers. The project enables security forces to be more cognizant of their legal obligations to protect media professionals from violent actions by any group and to allow the free exercise of their profession, and will be more engaged in reducing impunity for attacks against journalists. A training manual \u201cFreedom of Expression and Public Order\u201d has been developed to provide security forces with both practical and theoretical tools. Read the manual:<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink  \" href=\"http:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/images\/0023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/images\/0023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>International legal framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project serves as a component of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, approved by the ±¬ÁÏÍø Chief Executives Board in 2012. ±¬ÁÏÍø General Assembly adopted Resolution A\/RES\/68\/163 at its 68th session in 2013 which proclaimed 2 November as the \u2018International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists\u2019 (IDEI). The Resolution urged Member States to implement definite measures countering the present culture of impunity. ±¬ÁÏÍøESCO is requested in the Resolution to facilitate the implementation of the IDEI and the coordination of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Plan of Action.<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[fusion_youtube id=\"DaxXTAP_PaA\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" autoplay=\"no\" api_params=\"\" class=\"\"]\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4,234],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-peace-and-justice","category-news","category-video-peace-and-justice","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}