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SUMMARY:The safety of journalists and the problem of arbitrary detention:
  a conversation hosted by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media
  Freedom
DESCRIPTION:In 2020\, the independent advisory body to the Media Freedom 
 Coalition\, the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom\, pub
 lished an advisory report ‘A Pressing Concern: Protecting and Promoting 
 Press Freedom by Strengthening Consular Support to Journalists at Risk’ 
 examining the existing State approaches respecting consular assistance f
 or journalists at risk abroad\, and proposes a new paradigm of justice a
 nd accountability.\n\nEvery day\, journalists and media personnel around
  the world fall victim to arbitrary detention\, violence or intimidation
  on account of their work. These attacks resonate beyond their individua
 l cases\, being not only attacks on free expression\, but also exponenti
 al assaults that silence the subjects of the reporting and deprive the p
 ublic of their stories. By threatening and targeting journalists\, State
 s seek to send a dissuasive message\, suppressing those who would report
  on their wrongdoings. According to Reporters Without Borders\, as of 20
 22\, over 500 journalists are arbitrarily detained worldwide. This is th
 e highest number of journalists detained in connection with their work t
 hat they have ever recorded.\n\nThis event\, organised by the Internatio
 nal Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute who act as Secretariat to t
 he High Level Panel\, will feature members of the High Level Panel and g
 uest speakers in conversation on the role of international law in findin
 g concerted approaches to address this mounting issue.\n
LOCATION:Rooms 234\, Level 2
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