Over the last year, GFoE has worked to expand its case law database with coordinated research related to violence against journalists, seeking to capture and highlight judicial trends around the world. Senior researchers studied and explored new judicial decisions, pinpointing those that upheld international human rights standards and held states accountable for their actions and their obligation to prevent, protect, and punish those crimes.

To promote the findings of the project, we hosted a workshop series to train lawyers, journalists, and activists on regional jurisprudence, international human rights standards, and best practices. Each workshop in the series focused on a different region(s) from around the world and allowed speakers to share their perspectives on this issue and its impact on the future of democracy. To conclude the series, GFoE organized two virtual capstone events in Spanish and in English to present the final report of our findings and principal outcomes of our research. Invited panelists commented on the report and provided their own insights on this ever-growing challenge.

Below you will find the recordings of each of our workshops and the events which can serve as important training tools on global protections of journalists and what is left to accomplish.

 

Workshops on the Protection of Journalists:
Human Rights Standards & States’ Best Practices

Chapter 1: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in the Inter-American System & States’ Best Practices
(In Spanish)

Speakers:

• Catalina Botero, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (GFoE)
• Carlos Gaio, Senior Legal Officer, Media Defence
• Taís Gasparian, Senior Attorney, Legal team for the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI)
• Leopoldo Maldonado, Regional Director, ARTICLE 19 Mexico
• Emmanuel Vargas, Co-Director, El Veinte
• Moderator: Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)

 

Chapter 2: Universal Human Rights Standards and International Case-Law

Speakers:

• Toby Mendel, Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy
• Joel Simon, Fellow for Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
• Silvia Chocarro, Global Head of Protection, ARTICLE 19
• Moderator: Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)

 

Chapter 3: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in Asia & States’ Best Practices  

Speakers:

• Karuna Nundy, Advocate, Supreme Court of India 
• Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Assistant Professor of Media and Politics, University of Nottingham Malaysia 
• Sadaf Khan, Co-Founder, Media Matters for Democracy – Pakistan
• Pavitra Ramanujam, Project Coordinator, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
• Ragini Nagpal, Senior Associate Advocate of Ms. Karuna Nundy’s Chambers, Supreme Court of India
• Moderator: Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)

 

Chapter 4: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in the Africa/MENA Region & States’ Best Practices Africa/MENA Region

Speakers:

• Hicham Kantar, Judge, Lebanese Judiciary
• Mohamad Najem, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Social Media Exchange
• Avani Singh, Attorney, High Court of South Africa
• Moderator: Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)

 

Chapter 5: Human Rights Standards for the Protection of Journalists in Europe & States’ Best Practices

Speakers:

• Tarlach MacGonagle, Professor of Media Law & Information Society, Leiden Law School of the University of Amsterdam
• Renate Schroeder, Director, European Federation of Journalists
• Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe & Asia, ARTICLE 19
• Giulia Lucchese, Secretary to the MSI-SLP, Council of Europe
• Moderator: Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)

 

EVENT: Protecting the Press: International Standards & Judicial Trends in Cases of Violence Against Journalists

Speakers:

• Catalina Botero, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
• Rachael Kay, Deputy Director, IFEX
• Barbora Bukovská, Senior Director for Law and Policy, ARTICLE 19
• Moderator: Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)

 

EVENTO: La protección de la prensa: Estándares internacionales e interamericanos y las tendencias judiciales en casos de violencia contra periodistas
(In Spanish)

Speakers:

• Catalina Botero, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
• Silvia Chocarro, Director of Protection, ARTICLE 19
• Adriana León, Director of freedom of information, IPYS (Peru)
• Jonathan Bock, Executive Director, FLIP (Colombia)
• Moderator: Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)