A two-day capacity-building training on human rights in the context of media freedom, avoiding hate speech and incitement of violence is being attended by up to 25 journalists from particular media organizations. The United Nations Human Rights High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) are organizing the training together.
Human rights instruments, preventing and combating hate speech, the media’s role in electoral violence and gender-based violence against women, girls, and journalists, social media, disinformation, and elections are just a few of the important subjects that will be covered. Yesterday, the government’s commitment to promote human rights and a free, responsible press was echoed by Information Minister Fatimatu Abubakar, who praised CHRAJ and OHCHR for organizing the workshop.
She stated that the administration, led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has vowed to uphold the 1992 Constitution’s guarantees of press freedom and journalist safety. She continued by saying that in order to encourage accountability and openness, the government passed the Whistle Blowers Act and the Right to Information Act, 2019.
She also mentioned that the government had helped to create the Independent Fund for Public Interest Media’s (IFPIM) Africa Office in Accra, saying that these actions showed the government’s support for a free, responsible, and independent press.
SOURCE: https://dew360.net/
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