International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2020

The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists is observed annually on 2 November to draws attention to the low global conviction rate for violent crimes against journalists and media workers, estimated at only one in every ten cases.

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Key-Points

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2 November as the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ in General Assembly Resolution A/RES/68/163.

The Resolution urged Member States to implement definite measures countering the present culture of impunity.

The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination of two French journalists in Mali on 2 November 2013.

In the past fourteen years (2006-2019), close to 1,200 journalists have been killed for reporting the news and bringing information to the public. In nine out of ten cases the killers go unpunished.

Impunity leads to more killings and is often a symptom of worsening conflict and the breakdown of law and judicial systems.