United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice commits to end impunity for crimes against journalists
On 7 March 2021, in Kyoto (Japan) the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopted its final Declaration which calls for action by Member States to “Investigate, prosecute and punish threats and acts of violence, falling within their jurisdiction, committed against journalists and media workers, (…) with a view to ending impunity for crimes committed against them”.