Publication
The role of law enforcement agents
Strengthening investigations into crimes against journalists
8 September 2023
Last update:19 October 2023
The role of law enforcement agents: strengthening investigations into crimes against journalists
2023
With the support of the Netherlands through the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) and the Multi-Donor Programme (MDP) on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists
Impunity for crimes against journalists impacts on, press freedom and access to information for allcitizens. The murder of a journalist as a result of their work, is an extreme form of censorship. Between 2006 and 2021, 1,284 journalists were killed as a result of their work.
More than 60 percent of the killings occurred in countries with no armed conflict. Nine out of ten cases of killings of journalists around the world, (according to the UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists),remain judicially unresolved.
