Debates Parlamentares - Diário 019, p. 72 (2022-07-22)

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RESOLUTION ON

ENSURING THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS IN CONFLICT ZONES

1. Recognizing that journalists operating in conflict zones are afforded protectionunder international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949and their Additional Protocols, setting out rules to protect people who are nottaking part in the fighting,

2. Underscoring the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court establishingthat intentionally directing attacks against civilians, and therefore also againstjournalists who are not engaged in the hostilities, constitutes a war crime,

3. Taking into account UN Security Council Resolution 1738 (2006), calling for anend to intentional attacks against journalists in situations of armed conflict, andResolution 2222 (2015), urging states to comply with the relevant obligationsunder international law to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible forserious violations of humanitarian law,

4. Guided by the work of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Mediathrough guidebooks on the safety of journalists and the joint statement in 2014with the Rapporteurs of the UN, the Organization of American States, and theAfrican Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which reminded States oftheir obligations to improve international protection for journalists in conflictsituations,

5. Emphasizing the importance of press coverage in conflict zones in collecting andsharing reliable information about the conflict, and noting that journalists have animportant role in bringing attention to reports of war crimes and human rightsviolations,

6. Recalling the paramount importance of ensuring that journalists and mediaworkers can work freely, independently and safely without hindrances, threats orviolent reprisals,

7. Expressing concern at the continued threats and dangers faced by journalistsoperating in conflict zones, including reports of deliberate attacks, kidnappingand torture,

8. Highlighting that attacks against journalists not only impact individuals but deterand prevent journalists from exercising their right to seek and disseminateinformation and deprive the public of the right to know and to access informationabout conflict zones,

9. Concerned at the lack of accountability for many perpetrators of attacks onjournalists, and noting that many attacks against journalists are not prosecutedunder human rights law and international humanitarian law,

10. Remembering journalists killed during the conflict in Ukraine and across theOSCE region, and paying tribute to journalists continuing to operate in thecountry to ensure access to reliable and accurate information despite the threatsand risks faced,

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RESOLUTION ON ENSURING THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS IN CONFLICT ZONES 1. Recognizing that journalists operating in conflict zones are afforded protectionunder international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949and their Additional Protocols, setting out rules to protect people who are nottaking part in the fighting,2. Underscoring the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court establishingthat intentionally directing attacks against civilians, and therefore also againstjournalists who are not engaged in the hostilities, constitutes a war crime,3. Taking into account UN Security Council Resolution 1738 (2006), calling for anend to intentional attacks against journalists in situations of armed conflict, andResolution 2222 (2015), urging states to comply with the relevant obligationsunder international law to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible forserious violations of humanitarian law,4. Guided by the work of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Mediathrough guidebooks on the safety of journalists and the joint statement in 2014with the Rapporteurs of the UN, the Organization of American States, and theAfrican Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which reminded States oftheir obligations to improve international protection for journalists in conflictsituations,5. Emphasizing the importance of press coverage in conflict zones in collecting andsharing reliable information about the conflict, and noting that journalists have animportant role in bringing attention to reports of war crimes and human rightsviolations,6. Recalling the paramount importance of ensuring that journalists and mediaworkers can work freely, independently and safely without hindrances, threats orviolent reprisals,7. Expressing concern at the continued threats and dangers faced by journalistsoperating in conflict zones, including reports of deliberate attacks, kidnappingand torture,8. Highlighting that attacks against journalists not only impact individuals but deterand prevent journalists from exercising their right to seek and disseminateinformation and deprive the public of the right to know and to access informationabout conflict zones,9. Concerned at the lack of accountability for many perpetrators of attacks onjournalists, and noting that many attacks against journalists are not prosecutedunder human rights law and international humanitarian law,10. Remembering journalists killed during the conflict in Ukraine and across theOSCE region, and paying tribute to journalists continuing to operate in thecountry to ensure access to reliable and accurate information despite the threatsand risks faced,II SÉRIE-D — NÚMERO 19 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––72

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