The Main Challenges for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media – Dunja Mijatović

Title: The Main Challenges for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Author: Dunja Mijatović

The Main Challenges for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media [Mijatović]

Abstract

This article focuses on the interdependence between security and human rights. The author advocates that freedom of expression and free media – two basic human rights – play increasingly important roles in fostering a meaningful debate on security issues and that they can help us to effectively address new challenges, not least in the new digital era. The article addresses major challenges within media freedom such as Internet freedom and journalists’ safety and the importance these challenges play with regard to the link between security and human rights.

Keywords

human rights; media freedom; Internet freedom; journalists’ safety; security

Metadata

Title: The Main Challenges for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Author: Dunja Mijatović
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02404008
Language: English
Year: 2013
Volume: 24
Issue: 3–4
Pages: 325–332
In: Security and Human Rights
E-ISSN: 1875-0230