Safety of journalists IPDC plays an important role in monitoring
the safety of journalists and in preventing the impunity of
those who perpetrate crimes against them. Guaranteeing media
professionals the right to work free from the threat of violence
is essential for the full implementation of the right to freedom
of opinion and expression. It is a duty of the State and of
society to create and maintain the conditions needed for these
fundamental human rights to be enjoyed by all. UNESCO’s
Director-General began condemning the killings of journalists in
1997, in line with Resolution 29 adopted by UNESCO’s General
Conference which urges the competent authorities to discharge
their duty of preventing, investigating and punishing crimes
when these are perpetrated to prevent freedom of expression but
also the right of other people to receive information, and
remedying their consequences. In 2006, the safety of journalists
was the subject of a thematic debate conducted during the twenty
fifth session of the Interg