Assigning special status to journalists in armed conflict zone: pros and cons

The author analyzes proposals for the provision of special journalist’s status and other mechanisms for the protection of journalists’ rights during armed conflicts.

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The Convention on the protection of journalists on dangerous missions (proposed by the UN in 1971) is compared with the draft International convention to strengthen the protection of journalists in armed conflicts and other situations (proposed in 2007 by «Press Emblem Campaign», which has consultative status under the United Nations). We discuss the pros and cons of assigning a special journalist’s status and its identifiers.