Fostering Freedom of Expression

As the United Nations agency with a specific mandate to promote “the free flow of ideas by word and image”, UNESCO works to foster free, independent and pluralistic media in print, broadcast and online. Media development in this mode enhances freedom of expression, and it contributes to peace, sustainability, poverty eradication and human rights. Read more

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19 December 2018 UNESCO Launches Five Laws of Media and Information Literacy (MIL)
19 October 2018 UNESCO Journalists' Safety Indicators
10 August 2018 Media and information literacy: policy and strategy guidelines
9 May 2018 Accra Declaration
10 January 2018 World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
23 May 2017 UNESCO report 2016
18 May 2017 World trends in freedom of expression and media development
28 April 2017 UNESCO Community Media Sustainability Policy Series
30 January 2017 UNESCO Internet Study: Keystones to foster inclusive Knowledge Societies
23 August 2016 Principles for governing the Internet: a comparative analysis
19 February 2016 Countering Online Hate Speech
16 February 2015 Fostering Freedom Online: The Role of Internet Intermediaries
13 March 2014 Proceedings of the National Conference "Community media and their role in promoting good governance in order to achieve social justice"
2 February 2014 The global investigative journalism casebook
22 August 2013 Towards Free Press: 20 years after