End Impunity of Crimes Against Journalists

UN Marks Day and Calls Country-Members to Action

"When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay a price. Without the ability to protect journalists, our ability to remain informed and contribute to decision-making is severely hampered. Without journalists able to do their jobs in safety, we face the prospect of a world of confusion and disinformation." — UN Secretary-General António Guterres 

The UN marks the End Impunity of Crimes Against Journalists Day on the 2nd of November every year since 2013, when two French journalists were assassinated in Mali.

More than 1200 journalist have been killed in the past 14 years alone.

That is about one hundred a year. Not always in situations of civil conflict or war but simply for covering their communities, seeking the truth, establishing facts, and trying to expose wrongdoing.

Impunity leads to continued human rights violations, and the covering up of serious crimes and corruption, and it reflects a weak national justice system.