World Press Freedom Day

  Watch the livestream:  World Press Freedom Day Geneva 2024 at UN Geneva . A Press for the Planet: protecting journalists and scientists in defense of the environment.   WPFD 2024 will be dedicated to the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global environmental crisis . It aims to highlight the significant role that the press, journalism, and access to information play to ensure and secure a sustainable future that respects the rights of individuals , the diversity of their voices, and gender equality. In this context, UNESCO, UNEP, WHO, OHCHR, the Permanent Mission of Austria to Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Chile to Geneva, and the Geneva Press Club, will organize a WPFD event on the 7th of May from 15:00-18:00 in the Palais des Nations, Room XXIII . The event will focus on science communication in shaping public understanding and policymaking regarding environmental issues, strategies to ensure the dissemination of ...

Broadcast of the  World Press Freedom Day 2024 Conference  held at the Plenary room at the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Video message on journalists disappeared and executed during the dictatorship in Chile. - Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO - Mr. Alberto Van Klaveren, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile - Ms. Camila Vallejo, Ministry General Secretariat of Government, Chile

This event is part of the World Press Freedom Day Conference 2024 . Carsten von Nahmen, DW Akademie, Germany, will be moderating a debate that will count with the participation of 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) and H.E. Amb. Paula Narváez Ojeda, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council.

  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...

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.

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.

World Press Freedom Day 2024 event at UN Geneva will be dedicated to the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global environmental crisis . It aims to highlight the significant role that the press, journalism, and access to information play to ensure and secure a sustainable future that respects the rights of individuals, the diversity of their voices, and gender equality. In this context, UNESCO, UNEP, WHO, OHCHR, the Permanent Mission of Austria to Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Chile to Geneva , and the Geneva Press Club , will organize a WPFD event on the 7th of May from 15:00-18:00 in the Palais des Nations, Conference Room XXIII . The event will   focus on  Science communication in shaping public understanding and policymaking regarding environmental issues ,  Strategies to ensure the dissemination of accurate and reliable information,  combating climate disinformation, corporate capture and greenwashing ,...

  Organized by 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