On November 25, 2020, the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom launched its new report providing advice on promoting more effective investigations into abuses against journalists. The report authored by Nadim Houry, Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative and human rights lawyer and member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom and endorsed by Justice for Journalists Foundation.
The report concludes with three major recommendations to the signatories to the Global Pledge on Media Freedom, and other key governments, to strengthen investigations into attacks on journalists, address the issue of impunity and progress towards accountability, including the creation of a standing international Investigative Task Force.
The full report is available below.