IFEX 276d ago

As we mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists on 2 November, we recognise another important milestone – the 10th anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, with its vision of being a “sustained, coordinated framework to address the threats facing journalists.” However, we are seeing escalating threats against journalists & media freedom, failures to protect them, and failures to prosecute perpetrators. In the worst cases, leaders themselves are accessories. The hard truth is that, too often in the last decade, States haven’t done what they signed up for in the Plan, and the UN hasn’t always succeeded in convincing them to live up to their commitments. This has to change. Read our Editorial https://ifex.org/action-plan-or-inaction-plan-the-fate-of-the-worlds-journalists-and-our-democracies-hangs-in-the-balance/