A/HRC/39/23 Myanmar has documented the arrest, detention and possibly lengthy prison sentences of journalists who were investigating alleged human rights violations. 84 38. The high-level segment of the Human Rights Council has monitored the safety of journalists with statements, during its thirty-seventh session, on the topic by ministers from Canada, 85 Czechia, 86 Mexico, 87 Slovakia 88 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.89 39. The safety of journalists continues to be raised in the context of the universal periodic review. Some 84 recommendations concerning the safety of journalists were made to States during the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions of the Working Group held in 2016 and 2017. The Netherlands referred in its contribution to its recommendations on issues concerning journalists, for example to Sudan, to protect journalists from violence and arbitrary arrest, address impunity for crimes against journalists and notify UNESCO of the status of the judicial inquiry into the murder of journalists (see A/HRC/33/8/Add.1, para. 140.50) and, to Uganda, to end intimidation, threats and physical attacks on journalists and promote open reporting and commentary on issues of public concern (see A/HRC/19/16, para. 111.75). 40. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is another important framework through which progression in the area of the safety of journalists will be monitored, measured and assessed. Target 16.10 aims to ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements. The safety of journalists is a central component of all efforts by States and other stakeholders to reach this. Indicator 16.10.1 requires quantification of the number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates. OHCHR is developing the methodology and data-collection methods for the indicator, with UNESCO and the International Labour Organization.90 Monitoring and reporting conducted under this indicator will complement existing OHCHR human rights monitoring and analysis of the full range of violations of journalists’ rights and help to ensure the effectiveness of approaches to the issue. 41. The human rights components of United Nations peacekeeping operations have been drawing attention to the safety and protection of journalists, often in the contexts of shrinking democratic space, elections and violations of the right to freedom of expression. In September 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia and OHCHR produced a report that described the situation confronting journalists, human rights defenders and politicians in Somalia, including killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, intimidation, harassment, the closure of media outlets, confiscation of equipment and website-blocking.91 The United Nations Mission in South Sudan/OHCHR reports on human rights in South Sudan highlighted attacks on journalists and freedom of expression, 92 as did the report on the assessment mission of OHCHR to improve human rights, accountability, 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 12 See www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=22798&LangID=E. See www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2018/02/address-by-minister-freeland-to-the-high-levelsegment-of-the-37th-session-of-the-human-rights-council.html. See http://webtv.un.org/search/czech-republic-high-level-segment-4th-meeting-37th-regular-sessionhuman-rights-council/5740975755001/?term=&lan=english&page=10. See http://webtv.un.org/search/mexico-high-level-segment-4th-meeting-37th-regular-session-humanrights-council/5740975771001/?term=&lan=english&page=9 and www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22719&LangID=E. See http://webtv.un.org/search/slovakia-high-level-segment-4th-meeting-37th-regular-session-humanrights-council/5740975773001/?term=&lan=english&page=9. See www.gov.uk/government/speeches/lord-ahmad-marks-70th-anniversary-of-un-human-rightsdeclaration. See also www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/HRIndicators/GuidanceNoteonApproachtoData.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/SO/UNSOM_FreedomExpressionReport_Aug312016.pdf. See the January 2017 report (www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/SS/ReportJuba16Jan2017.pdf) and the February 2018 report (www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/SS/UNMISSOHCHR_Freedom_of_Expression.pdf).