Conference report from Impunity for Murders of Journalists: A Challenge to Freedom of the Media

The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in co-operation with the Media Governance and Industries Research Lab at the Department of Communication of the University of Vienna organized a joint conference on the challenges to media freedom caused by the impunity for murders of journalists. In the meeting of approximately 100 participants, experts from across the OSCE region discussed the practical, methodological and ethical aspects of monitoring the deaths of journalists and collecting information on such cases. Ways to improve and amend current practices in the OSCE region, and in particular in Ukraine, to enhance journalists’ safety were also discussed during the panel discussion and the subsequent round table, Vienna, 11 December 2017.