PART 1: SECURITY POLICY GUIDELINES and STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPs) for MEDIA HOUSES The principle governing media coverage by staff will be that “no story is worth your life.” The same rule will apply to news managers who are expected…

The PCOMS set up a special Working Group, headed by senior journalist Mazhar Abbas, to consult with key stakeholders to draft a set of recommendations on appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate attacks against media and crimes against journalists…

PCOMS Steering Committee felt the appointment of special public prosecutor would be helpful in putting pressure on the police for investigating and further processing cases of media attacks. As UNESCO had taken the lead in studying the appointment of such prosecutors…

ISLAMABAD: The inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee of Pakistan’s national coalition on media safety met in Islamabad on Tuesday (October 8, 2013) and issued a comprehensive declaration outlining a set of action items and recommendations on combating impunity against…

ISLAMABAD: The inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee of Pakistan’s national coalition on media safety met in Islamabad on Tuesday (October 8, 2013) and issued a comprehensive declaration outlining a set of action items and recommendations on combating impunity against…

This document provides the United Nations Implementation Strategy 2013-2014 of the UN Plan of Action on The Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity (hereafter referred to as the UN Plan). In addition to the Strategy, there is a…