World Press Freedom Day

Unity in Action: Unveiling a Joint Declaration by Presidents of UN Bodies Venue –Plenary room of the  Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . 18:10 – 18:30. Moderator: Mr. Carsten von Nahmen, DW Akademie, Germany - H.E. Amb. Simona Mirela Miculescu, President of the General Conference of UNESCO. - H.E. Amb. Dennis Francis, President, United Nations General Assembly (video message). - H.E. Amb. Omar Zniber, President, Human Rights Council (video message). - H.E. Amb. Paula Narváez Ojeda, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council.

World Press Freedom Day 2024 Conference . Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Plenary room. Speakers - Ms. Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. - Honourable Emma Theofelus, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Namibia. - Mr. Giovanni Salvi, Former Attorney General of the Italian Court of Cassation, Italy. - Ms. Maksuda Aziz, Journalist at Mongabay, Association of Bangladeshi Journalists, Bangladesh. - Mr. Antonio Díaz Aranda, Youth Ambassador for Climate. Moderated by Mr. Giles Trendle, Co-Chair the steering committee of Covering Climate Now, UK.

Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Organized by IFEX | BiblioGAM Moderator: Ms. Rachael Kay, IFEX, Canada. Workshop on ''Exploring the Power of Collaboration for a Sustainable Environment and Information Ecosystem.'

  Hosted in Chile, this year's Conference is dedicated to the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global environmental crisis . Here you will watch the Opening ceremony with UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric, Michelle Bachelter, former President of Chile and former Executive Director of UN Women, and Mexican actor and activist Gael García Bernal, among others.  The opening will be followed by a first plenary session (10.15am - 11.20am GMT-4) under the theme " No Future without Freedom of Expression and access to information ", with the participation of Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, Philippines, Fredrick Mugira, Founder Water Journalist Africa, Uganda, Minna-Liina Lind, Deputy Foreign Minister for Global Affairs and Co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition, Estonia and Gael García Bernal, Actor, producer and environmental activist, moderated by Paloma Ávila Ba...

Panel discussion organized by SOCOLAC and UNESCO. Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile | Room C2. Panelists: - Mr. Sergio Arauz, El Faro, El Salvador. - Ms. Diana Salinas, Cuestión Pública, Colombia. - Ms. Mónica González, Journalist, Chile. - Ms. Veronica Goyzueta, Journalist, Peru. Moderator: Mr. Daniel Matamala, Journalist, Chile.

Panel discussion organized by OBSERVACOM, UNESCO Montevideo, DW Akademie. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile .| Room C1. Panelists: - Ms. Mónica Valdés, Community Radio Activist, Colombia. - Ms. Rocio Alorda, Colegio de Periodistas de Chile, Chile. - Mr. Martín Becerra, Investigative Journalist and Professor, Argentina. - Mr Luis Salazar, CEPRA, Bolivia Moderator: Mr. Mauricio Muñoz, CNTV, Chile.

Panel discussion organized by UNESCO. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile | Room N2. Panelists: - Ms. Blanca Lilia Ibarra Cadena, Commissioner at the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection of Mexico, Mexico. - Ms. Constance Nalegach, Head of International Affairs, Chilean Ministry of the Environment, Chile. -Mr. Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention. - Mr. David Barrio Lamarche, Escazú Agreement Secretariat, ECLAC. Moderator: Ms María Carolina Fuentes Prieto, Journalist and documentalist, Chile.

Panel discussion organized by Al Jazeera. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . | Room A1 - Mr. Wael Aldahdouh, Al Jazeera, Palestine (video message) - Ms. Khadija Patel, Al Jazeera, South Africa. - Ms. Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur - Ms. Paula Cejas, International Federation of Journalists, Argentina - Ms. Dima Khatib,Al Jazeera Media Network, Palestine-Syria.

Panel discussion organized by Instituto Alana. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . | Room A2 - Mr. João Brant, Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency of the Republic, Brazil - Mr. Francisco Vera, Youth, Colombia - Ms. Awo Aidam Amenyah, founder of Child Online Africa, Ghana. - Ms. Taissa Kambeba, Indigenous teenager, Brazil. Moderator: Ms. Emiko Sepúlveda, LCOY Chile Coordinator, Chile.

Workshop: Data-driven investigations in the Amazon Rainforest: journalism contributions for the governance in the region. Organized by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | BiblioGAM Panelists:  - Ms. Karla Mendes, Mongabay, Brazil and Mr. Bram Ebus, Independent journalist.

Panel Discussion organized by Climate Tracker and UNESCO | Room C1. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . - Mr. Patrick Murayari, Kukama-kukamiria Indigenous Community in Loreto, Peru - Ms. Sonia Pérez, Associated Press - Mr. Nicolas Sepulveda, Journalist, Chile - Ms. Scarlett Arias, Frontline defenders, Mexico - Moderator: Ms. Nicole Venegas, Climate Tracker, Chile

Panel discussion organized by Defensoria de Público and UNESCO | Room N2 Daniel Zalazar, Centro de Producción Intercultural de Aluminé, Argentina. - Ms. Renata Machado, Radio Yandé, Brazil - Ms. María Dolores Euseda Cabrera, Radio Dignidad, Honduras - Ms. Myriam Vargas Teutle, Human rights defender, Mexico - Ms. Leyla Noriega, Radio Ayni, Chile - Moderator: Ms. Miriam Lewin, Defensora del Público de Argentina

Panel discussion organized by the DW Akademie | Room A2. Panelist: - Ms. Patricia Mayorga, Periodistas de a Pie, Mexico- Mr. Swapneel Mehta, MIT, India - Ms. Marcela Tobar Ríos, IDEA, Chile - Ms. Gwen Lister, Namibia Media Institute, Namibia Moderator: Mr. Carsten von Nahmen, DW Akademie, Germany.

Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Room A1 Joint Declaration of the Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression and Opening remarks by - Mr. Raúl Fernandez Daza, Ambassador of Chile to France and IPDC Council and Bureau, Chile - Ms. Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur - Ms. Ourveena Geereesha Topsy-Sonoo, African Union - Ms. Teresa Ribeiro, OSCE - Mr. Pedro Vaca, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Moderator: Andrea Obaid, ACHIPEC, Chile.

Panel discussion Organized by the Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition - Union of Concern Scientists | Room C2 - Ms. Thais Lazzeri, FALA, Brazil - Mr. Maximiliano Manzoni, Author, Paraguay - Mr. Max McBride, Roots, UK - Ms. Jennie King, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, UK - Ms. Kate Cell, Union of Concerned Scientists, USA - Moderator: Mr. Brett Robertson, University of South Carolina, USA.

World Press Freedom Day 2024 Conference  in Plenary room at the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Participants: - Ms. Andrea Ixchiu, K'iche journalist and environmental activist, Guatemala - Ms. Alyaa Abo, Investigative journalist and trainer, Egypt - Ms. Jennifer Robinson, Doughty Street Chambers, human rights and freedom of expression lawyer, Australia -Mr. Ricardo Pael Ardenghi, Prosecutor, Procuradoria da Republica Em Mato Grosso, Brazil - Ms. Suntariya Muanpawong, Chief Judge in the Research Justice Division of the Supreme Court of Thailand, Thailand - Ms. Saba Kidane, Founder of EriSatTV, Eritrea.

Workshop Organized by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting during the World Press Freedom Day 2024 in at the BiblioGAM in Santiago, Chile Topics introduced by Ms. Karla Mendes, Mongabay, Brazil Mr. Bram Ebus, Independent journalist

Panel discussion Organized by Climate Tracker and UNESCO | Room C1 - Mr. Patrick Murayari, Kukama-kukamiria Indigenous Community in Loreto, Peru - Ms. Sonia Pérez, Associated Press - Mr. Nicolas Sepulveda, Journalist, Chile - Ms. Scarlett Arias, Frontline defenders, Mexico - Moderator: Ms. Nicole Venegas, Climate Tracker, Chile

Panel discussion Organized by Defensoria de Público and UNESCO | Room N2 - Daniel Zalazar, Centro de Producción Intercultural de Aluminé, Argentina - Ms. Renata Machado, Radio Yandé, Brazil - Ms. María Dolores Euseda Cabrera, Radio Dignidad, Honduras - Ms. Myriam Vargas Teutle, Human rights defender, Mexico - Ms. Leyla Noriega, Radio Ayni, Chile Moderator: Ms. Miriam Lewin, Defensora del Público de Argentina

UNESCO report reveals 70% of environmental journalists have been attacked for their work. A new report published on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, warns of increasing violence against, and intimidation of journalists reporting on the environment and climate disruption . At least 749 journalists or news media reporting on environmental issues have been attacked in the last 15 years, and online disinformation has surged dramatically in this period. UNESCO is calling for stronger support for environmental journalists and better governance of digital platforms. its new report Press and Planet in Danger , UNESCO analysis revealed instances in which at least 749 journalists and news media outlets reporting on environmental issues were targeted with murder, physical violence, detention and arrest, online harassment or legal attacks in the period 2009-2023. More than 300 attacks occurred between 2019-2023 – a 42% increase on the preceding five-year period (2014-2018). The report, which wil...