Vienna Conference on Journalist Safety 2022

PeopleOther ♦ Published: November 6, 2022; 22:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists, the Austrian Foreign Ministry, together with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, hosted the Vienna Conference on the Safety of Journalists. The conference, entitled "Safety of Journalists: Protecting media to protect democracy" was attended by more than 400 representatives of governments, international organizations, media and civil society.

The Safety of Journalists conference was held at Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna. / Picture: © BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres / Gruber / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

In partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) organized a high-level conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists,