Implementation of Press Freedom under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights among Selected United Nations Member States: SWOT Analysis
Keywords:
Press Freedom, Human Rights, United NationsAbstract
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948 in its 19th article stipulates that “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. The implementation of this article pushed the UN to attribute to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) a specific mandate which is to foster freedom of expression, and its corollaries, press freedom and freedom of
information. In addition, many countries recognize the press freedom in their constitutions and laws to allow journalists and people to access and disseminate information. However, we noticed that the implementation of press freedom is not smoothly done in member States of the UN. Thus, this SWOT
Analysis aims at providing the current situation of press freedom and the suggestions that should help to improve its implementation in the world.
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