Press release
Training workshop for members of the National Mechanism for Monitoring Safety of Journalists in Palestine
UNESCOs National Office for Palestine in cooperation with the Office of the Higher Commission of Human Rights and the Independent Commission of Human Rights held a oneday training workshop for the members of the National Mechanism for Monitoring Safety of Journalists in Palestine The objective of the event was to reinforce the existing mechanism collecting effective contributions related to the issue of monitoring and reporting violations against journalists The goal of this mechanism is to strengthen the monitoring and reporting on safety of journalists including reporting on killings of journalists and their judicial followup The mechanism also aims to support Palestines reporting on the safety of journalists within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in particular SDG indicator 16101 As a multistakeholder initiative it brings together representatives of government civil society and media syndicates