{"id":17528,"date":"2022-11-02T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T11:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalift.org\/?p=17528"},"modified":"2022-11-02T15:22:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:22:52","slug":"freedom-from-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalift.org\/freedom-from-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom from punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Impunity<\/em>, n.: exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example: laws were flouted with impunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source:<\/em> Merriam Webster dictionary<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists was established in December 2013 when the UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution<\/a> that, among other things recognises that work of journalists often puts them at specific risk of intimidation, harassment and violence <\/em>and bearing in mind that impunity for attacks against journalists constitutes one of the main challenges to strengthening the protection of journalists. <\/em>The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination of Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont in Mali on 2 November 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As stated by the UN<\/a>, the landmark resolution condemns all attacks and violence against journalists and media workers, urges Member States to prevent violence against them and to ensure accountability, bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against journalists and media workers, and ensure that victims have access to appropriate remedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a result, every year, by the end of October and beginning of November the public is reminded of the fact that 87% of killings of journalists<\/a> between 2006 and 2020 remain unsolved<\/strong>. UNESCO\u2019s Observatory of killed journalists recorded 455 killings<\/a> of journalists between 2016 and 2021. It reports that in 2021, the majority of deaths happened in the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. The last decade hundreds of different actions aimed at straightening the judiciary were implemented throughout the world, yet the number of solved cases does not seem to be decreasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a significant number of cases, there is a reasonable doubt that the killings were ordered, even implemented by the state, becoming a tool of oppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n