A/HRC/27/28 administration, the ministry of the interior, the ministry of justice or the ministry of defence. 31. All actors should work together with other relevant government departments, such as finance ministries, and local government, and in close cooperation with national human rights institutions and civil society. Specific actors which should be involved in each sector covered by the first two phases of the World Programme are enumerated respectively in the plans of action for the first phase (sect. D, paras. 28–30) and second phase (sect. C.3, paras. 34��36 and sect. D.3, paras. 46–48). D. Action to promote human rights training for media professionals and journalists 1. Background 32. The Human Rights Committee has defined journalism as “a function shared by a wide range of actors, including professional full-time reporters and analysts, as well as bloggers and others who engage in forms of self-publication in print, on the internet or elsewhere”.4 According to the General Assembly, “journalism is continuously evolving to include inputs from media institutions, private individuals and a range of organizations that seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, online as well as offline, in the exercise of freedom of opinion and expression”.5 That includes information shared through traditional channels or through the Internet and Internet communication technologies or social media, diffused by public and private media outlets, as well as by individuals who are engaged in journalism activities not formally employed by a media outlet. 33. For the purpose of the present Plan of Action, the term “media professionals” refers to persons supporting the work of media organizations, including reporters and analysts, but also other staff, such as technicians and administrators. “Journalist” refers to media workers and social media producers who produce significant amounts of journalistic material, as defined in paragraph 32 above. 34. With regard to human rights training for media professionals and journalists, the present Plan of Action draws on the principles and frameworks established by international human rights instruments and documents, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and general comment No. 34 (2011) of the Human Rights Committee on article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training; the UNESCO Declaration on Fundamental Principles concerning the Contribution of the Mass Media to Strengthening Peace and International Understanding, to the Promotion of Human Rights and to Countering Racialism, Apartheid and Incitement to War (hereafter “the UNESCO Declaration”); the UNESCO Recommendation on participation by the people at large in cultural life and their contribution to it; and other UNESCO documents. The present Plan of Action also draws on a number of relevant General Assembly and Human Rights Council resolutions. The 4 5 See general comment No. 34 (2011) of the Human Rights Committee on article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression, para. 44. General Assembly resolution 68/163, ninth preambular paragraph. 11