A/HRC/39/23 23. In 2014, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted resolution 264 on attacks against journalists and media practitioners in the Federal Republic of Somalia,51 in which it called for investigations into the killing of journalists and appealed for an immediate cessation of harassment and intimidation of media organizations. In its forty-second activity report (January–May 2017), the Commission noted with concern allegations of arrests and harassment of journalists and human rights defenders in Cameroon, Burundi, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan. 52 24. OHCHR, like other international actors, carries out capacity-building as part of its mandate. This involves providing education and information about the safety of journalists, and developing policies and practices within organizations and States to protect journalists. In Guatemala, in 2015, OHCHR (with UNESCO) provided technical assistance to the technical committee on the creation of a mechanism to protect journalists, which led to the creation of a special unit in the Attorney General’s Office to investigate attacks against human rights defenders and journalists (see A/HRC/31/3/Add.1, paras. 42 and 46). In Mexico,53 OHCHR is a member of the governing board of the federal mechanism for the protection of human rights defenders and journalists. It has provided technical assistance concerning the drafting of a protocol to investigate, at the federal level, attacks against journalists; capacity-building for the Supreme Court of the State of Hidalgo; and technical assistance to the Government of the State of Coahuila concerning the creation of a working group on the protection of journalists and human rights defenders. In 2016, OHCHR supported the implementation by the State of Chihuahua of an early warning system for human rights defenders and journalists at-risk. 54 In Colombia, during 2016, OHCHR provided technical assistance to the Attorney General’s Office concerning the prioritization of investigations into attacks against human rights defenders, including journalists. 55 OHCHR assisted the National Protection Unit of Colombia in adopting protection measures to address threats facing journalists. 56 25. In order to further capacity-building and cooperation, OHCHR and the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights signed, on 25 October 2017 during the latter’s 165th regular session in Montevideo, a Joint Action Mechanism to Contribute to the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas. 57 The Mechanism includes journalists within the definition of human rights defenders and emphasizes joint actions to protect human rights defenders in the region. 58 26. Training contributes to raising awareness and developing a body of professionals who can address the issue of the safety of journalists. In Tunisia, during 2017, OHCHR and UNESCO trained six Tunisian journalists (selected from among 65 journalists trained in 2016) as trainers on press freedom and safety, who will deliver five training sessions for journalists in 2018. UNESCO and OHCHR provided support to the National Union of Tunisian Journalists regarding the establishment of a unit to monitor, report on and follow up on attacks against journalists. Since 2014, UNESCO has organized online training courses on the safety of journalists and freedom of expression for more than 5,000 judges in Latin America, and is replicating the training for judges from East and Southern Africa. 59 With the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression, OHCHR has carried out workshops for prosecutors to strengthen their knowledge of international and regional standards on the safety of journalists. The Special 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 8 See www.achpr.org/sessions/15th-eo/resolutions/264. See also resolution 221 (www.achpr.org/sessions/51st/resolutions/221). See www.achpr.org/files/activity-reports/42/42nd_activity_report_eng.pdf, para. 43 (viii). See http://www2.ohchr.org/english/OHCHRreport2017/allegati/11_Americas_2017.pdf, p. 232. See http://www2.ohchr.org/english/OHCHRreport2016/allegati/Downloads/ 6_OHCHR_in_the_%20field_2016.pdf, p. 205. Ibid., p. 199. See http://www2.ohchr.org/english/OHCHRreport2017/allegati/11_Americas_2017.pdf, p. 221. See https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/10/569332-un-americas-action-plan-seeks-strengthenprotection-human-rights-defenders. See www.ohchr.org/FR/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22282&LangID=E. See https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/wpfd2018_concept_note_en.pdf, p. 4.