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2022 marks the tenth anniversary of the UN Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. This is a call for contributions to the first in a series of academic consultations on the anniversary of the UN Action Plan to be held as a hybrid event (at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and online), jointly co-organised by UNESCO, the Journalism Safety Research Network, the UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity/Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield, the World of Journalism Study and the Centre for Digital Politics, Media and Democracy, University of Liverpool.

On 27 April 2022 (12:30pm-2:00pm) the Institute of Commonwealth Studies will host the seminar “The Commonwealth and media freedom: Where do we stand?”. The seminar is arranged in collaboration with the Centre for Freedom of Media (CFOM) and focuses on Article V of the 2013 Commonwealth Charter which declares the commitment of all Commonwealth states to the values of freedom of expression.

UNESCO and a network of Uruguayan universities will host the seventh edition of the Academic Conference on the Safety of Journalists in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Academic Conference will take place within the framework of the 2022 global celebration of World Press Freedom Day, co-hosted by UNESCO and the Government of Uruguay on 2-4 May 2022.

Against the background of reports from the Council of Europe Safety of Journalists Platform showing that physical attacks on journalists more than doubled between 2019 and 2021 in the in the Council of Europe region, UNESCO Chair Coordinator Sara Torsner discuss this worrying trend for the Conversation UK.

In this The World Today piece for Chatham House, Centre for Freedom of the Media Co-founder & International Director, William Horsley,  discusses why Britain must stop turning a blind eye to oppression of media freedom.

On 16 December 2021, the Journalism Safety Research Network (JSRN) hosted the 2nd edition of the #JournoSafe FlashTalks, which has been created as a space for academics and civil society organisations to exchange research ideas to address journalism safety problems.