Project

Build Back Better: UN’s Joint Response to Protect Journalists

Project duration: 2021 – present
Journalists on the field

With escalating worries from Cambodia’s civil society, media, and human rights defenders about the country’s shrinking civic space, the United Nations Country Team in Cambodia is implementing a project aimed at bolstering this space.

UNESCO, in cooperation with UN Human Rights, with financial support from Australia of AUD 1 million (approximately USD 717, 000), is leading the implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. The project seeks to provide ongoing support to media and human rights defenders, advance civic space and empower government stakeholders to engage and address human rights violations and abuses.

In Action

New Media Support Desk set up to support safety of journalists
Protection of civil society, media and human rights defenders needed

Journalists at work