Mine Threat, Risks for Journalists in the Areas of Combat
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The Commission on Journalistic Ethics (CJE) together with OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine initiates series of online events dedicated to strengthening capacity of journalists to work during a martial law period. The first event “Mine Threat, Risks for Journalists in the Areas of Combat” will be held on April 8, 2022, at 11:00 via Zoom.
Speaker: Milljenko Vahtaric, Technical Advisor to the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, is an expert with multi-year international experience. He has been helping the country to introduce a systemic approach to humanitarian demining since 2017. Prior to this, at various positions within CROMAC, Croatian Mine Action Centre, Miljenko was working to develop and implement a national programme of clearance of areas, affected by military action, inter alia he was CROMAC Director’s Associate for international relations and explosive risk education.
Moderator: Andrii Kulykov, Head of the CJE
During the event you will learn about:
- What dangerous “surprises” may await for journalists during a visit to an area of ongoing or recent hostilities?
- Types of mines and other explosive objects, risks they entail.
- How to identify dangerous areas, what to do to minimize risks from explosive objects? Rules of safe conduct, Do’s and Don’t’s.
Preliminary registration of participants: https://forms.gle/YGcnUkGQX9b7LT9h8