UNESCO Iraq holds a course to enhance legal accountability for the safety of journalists

Baghdad – WAA – Wissam Al-Mulla
Today, Monday, the UNESCO Office held a course within the framework of the Breaking the Silence project to enhance legal accountability and judicial procedures for the safety of journalists.
Director of Communication and Information at UNESCO Iraq, Diaa Sobhi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “Through this two-day course, within the context of the Breaking the Silence project to enhance legal accountability and judicial procedures for the safety of journalists and combat impunity, we seek to enhance legal culture and strengthen how to provide journalists with tools that protect them from legal and judicial prosecutions.”
He added, “UNESCO seeks to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. We have a training program that includes judges, representatives of the Human Rights Commission, the Ministry of Interior, and some other bodies, with the presence of journalists, so that we can all identify the means that will ensure that the journalist reaches the standards that must be implemented by the publishing and media courts throughout Iraq.”
He explained, “We seek to spread this culture among all parties concerned with the freedom of expression equation: journalists, media professionals, activists, bloggers, content creators, and the three authorities: legislative, executive, and judicial.”
He continued, “We demand that Parliament adopt progressive legislation that helps journalists protect themselves and achieve a guaranteed right to freedom of expression and access to information,” indicating that “these legislative bodies have previously listened to these opinions and we have common understandings with them. The Publication and Media Courts and the Freedom of Expression Judges Council were established in the Supreme Judicial Council, thank you. We also seek to establish technical units and teams in the Publication Courts that help examine content and digital evidence to reach sound and accurate results.”

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