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and security. In that regard, the armed forces of Sweden integrated information on the
resolution and perspectives on gender equality into the mandatory training for its personnel
preparing for missions abroad. In Georgia, since 2014, over 6,000 military personnel, both
men and women, have been trained on gender perspectives and resolution 1325 (2000); in
2016, the Defence Institution Building School permanently integrated a module on gender
in the security sector into all courses of study.
III. Action taken at the national level to promote human rights
training for media professionals and journalists
41.
Some States reported policies to promote human rights training for media
professionals and journalists. In Finland, in 2019, the Ministry of Education and Culture, in
collaboration with the National Audiovisual Institute, revised and updated the national
media education policy. The policy refers to international human rights instruments and
defines high-quality media education as one which is aimed at promoting human rights,
equality and non-discrimination and creating preconditions for sustainable development.
The national guidelines for human rights education of Brazil indicate that human rights
education must be present in the basic and continuing training of professionals in various
fields of study, including media and journalism.
42.
With regard to human rights education programmes for media professionals,
Romania reported that human rights courses were part of the programmes in various
faculties of journalism studies. In Italy, the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights
collaborated with Ossigeno per l’Informazione, an organization that aims to monitor threats
and intimidation against journalists and to provide human rights training to media
companies, such as newspapers and television and radio stations, in line with the national
action plan on business and human rights, 2016–2021. Under the Charter of Rome (2008), a
code of conduct for media operators, the national and regional councils of the journalists’
association organize training courses for media operators concerning the human rights of
asylum seekers, refugees, victims of trafficking and migrants. A festival of the press and
human rights is held every year in Perugia; media operators publicly contribute to the
human rights debate through traditional and new media. In Qatar, the Al Jazeera Centre for
Public Liberties and Human Rights has organized, in partnership with various international
organizations, human rights capacity-building events for Al Jazeera staff. The Centre has
also promoted awareness-raising activities on the draft international declaration on the
protection of journalists and campaigned for its adoption. Both El Salvador and Georgia
reported that the journalist associations in their countries, the Association of Journalists in
El Salvador and the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics, have held many training
courses for journalists on various human rights topics, including gender, child protection
and the rights of older persons and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.
In Greece, during the reporting period, the Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers
organized seminars on issues concerning xenophobia, gender equality and sexual
orientation for its journalists and other media professionals. It also supported the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex youth community in Athens in their campaign for
social equality.
43.
Slovenia reported that, through the national programme for culture, 2014–2018, the
Ministry of Culture has financed, since 2015, a project of the Slovene Association of
Journalists, entitled “Naprej/Forward Festival of Quality Media Content”, as well as a
centre for high-quality media content, which serves as a permanent education centre for
journalists and has conducted or hosted various workshops on human rights, including on
the ethical aspects of writing and publishing stories, reporting on children and domestic
violence and case law regarding criminal proceedings against journalists and the media in
the courts in Slovenia and the European Court of Human Rights. In 2019, the Ministry of
Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of Slovenia organized a seminar on
the disproportionate risks faced by women and girls online and possible media action to
foster gender-sensitive approaches in reporting. Participants included journalists, editors,
bloggers, influencers, employees in the advertising industry and public relations services
and other media operators.
44.
Some responding States highlighted a particular focus in their programming. In
Cyprus, emphasis has been placed on building the capacity of media professionals to
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