The Sedona Forum is the McCain Institute’s annual, high-level, invitation-only gathering of national and international leaders held each spring at The Enchantment Resort in the red rock country of Sedona, Arizona. Starting from the assumption of character-driven leadership and core democratic values, The Sedona Forum convenes thought-leaders, decisionmakers, activists and diverse experts to discuss approaches…
In honor of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the Committee to Protect Journalists will release its annual assessment of the state of press freedom worldwide, Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World’s Front Lines, at a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 27.
In light of the increasing brutality against journalists overseas, the Investigative Reporting Workshop, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Committee to Protect Journalists will present a frank conversation titled “Freelancers at Risk: Photojournalism and the Call for Global Safety Standards.” Panelists from journalism organizations in London, New York, Boston and Washington will discuss…
Throughout Africa journalists are being harassed, threatened, and killed for doing their jobs. Though polls show that most Africans support free media and democratic institutions, many self-serving African political leaders are trying to reverse democratic gains by repressing media freedom. For World Press Freedom Day, the Center for International Media Assistance is bringing together some…
On April 15 at El Museo del Barrio, Carlos Lauria, Americas director of the New York-based Committee for the Protection of Journalists; and Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, El Museo’s curator will discuss what it means to bear witness through music, words, and images. The event will explore how artists, musicians, and journalists in Mexico speak out against…
On March 26, join Courtney Radsch of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Dana Priest of The Washington Post, and three students from the University of Maryland for a panel at the Newseum on press freedom and the hostile environment that journalists face around the world. You can also be among the first to hear about…
From Egypt to Mexico, Russia to Syria, journalists are increasingly coming under attack. They are murdered, imprisoned and intimidated for doing their job. If this continues we will face a growing crisis in information – a shortage of the news that we need to make sense of our globalised world, and to fight human rights…
The new information technologies have brought big advances to humanity and there has been generated an explosion of new revolutions through more empowered citizens. However, governments are also using the Internet to control, spy and generate cybernetic attacks. Panelists: Jane Kirtley, University of Minnesota professor; Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists…
This year’s programme will explore disarmament in its relation to conflict resolution, mediation and peacebuilding. Disarmament is a critical component of a peace that can be sustained. Sustainable peace also requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders, including women. One current, tragic example of the failure of disarmament and inclusive and sustainable peacebuilding is the Central…
Geneva, Switzerland UN Palais des Nations Wednesday 4th of March 2015 The Community of Democracies Working Group on Promoting Freedom of Opinion and Expression will convene at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva to discuss challenges and collaborative strategies to promote freedom of expression worldwide. CPJ is a member of the…