Impunity

Dunja Mijatovic has called on OSCE states to step up their investigations and identify and prosecute those who commit crimes against journalists.

The OSCE representative on Freedom of the Media issued this statement on November 2, International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Committed against Journalists.

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists was marked on Monday at United Nations' Headquarters in New York.

The event was organized by UNESCO and chaired by Irina Bokova who underlined that “less than one in ten cases involving the killing of journalists are ever resolved“.

Montenegro's prosecution on Monday closed the investigation into the attack on the journalist Tufik Softic who was assaulted outside his home in November 2007 and left with serious injuries.

The eight-year investigation was concluded with no results and no suspects indicted.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the UN to create the position of a special representative of the secretary- general for the Safety of Journalists.

The initiative was launched to mark November 2, International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ (IDEI).

An inter-governmental protocol on investigating and documenting sexual violence in conflicts was promoted in Sarajevo on Wednesday with a message that it is vital to ensure there is no climate of impunity over such crimes.

"No political will in Serbia to address impunity"

BELGRADE -- Lack of political will in Serbia makes it impossible to address impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1990s wars, AI said.

Protection urged of journalists and media

BELGRADE -- The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) has called on the government bodies to improve measures to protect journalists.

BELGRADE - The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) Sunday used the occasion of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists to call on Serbia's government bodies to improve measures to protect journalists and media subjected to pressures, threats and physical violence and to be taking those measures consistently.

PARIS - The organization Reporters Without Borders has launched a campaign on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, November 2, highlighting ten emblematic cases of impunity, including the one of Serbian reporter Dada Vujasinovic.

OSCE countries urged to break cycle of impunity

VIENNA -- OSCE's Dunja Mijatović has called on countries to take real steps to track down and prosecute those who commit crimes against journalists.

The appeal of the media freedom representative to OSCE participating states came ahead of International Day to End Impunity (IDEI).