Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists Online Courses
UNESCO and partners offer courses to train journalists, judicial operators, UN staff, civil society and other actors to increase their understanding on international standards on freedom of expression, access to information and press freedom; the complexity of attacks against journalists and the evolving challenges to their safety. As the UN agency in charge of promoting the safety of journalists and combatting impunity of attacks against them, UNESCO courses are also capacity building resources to enable a safer environment for journalists to work.
More information and resources about UNESCO’s work to protect journalists and freedom of expression
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Global multilingual MOOC for judicial actors
UNESCO and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, will soon be launching a new version of a global multilingual Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for judicial actors on the international and regional standards on freedom of expression and the safety of journalists.
The course will be available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Portuguese.
This free, five-week online course will run between 29 May and 30 June 2023.
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UNESCO and the United Nations System Staff College course
This free self-paced online course is open to different UN stakeholders, but is particularly aimed at UN Resident Coordinators, Human Rights Advisors and UN Country Teams. The modules also include issues such as how to address hate speech and disinformation while respecting international human rights standards; the role of media during elections; and the United Nations human rights monitoring mechanisms.
Registrations open until 30 December 2022
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Information and Elections in the Digital Era
This self-directed course features course content from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas' massive open online course (MOOC) titled “Information and Elections in the Digital Era.” The five-week course took place from September 11 - October 23, 2022.
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Available in: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
How to report safely: Strategies for women journalists and their allies
Developed in cooperation with the International Women's Media Foundation and the Knight Center at Texas University is now available as a self-directed course. Take the course and learn frameworks to mitigate and manage associated risks for women journalists.
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Available in: French and Spanish
International standards in freedom of expression – MOOC
Developed with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. Read more.
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Available in: English
Covering the COVID-19 Vaccine: What journalists need to know
Developed jointly between UNESCO, UNDP, WHO, and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, co-funded by the European Union.
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Available in: English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Hindi
Disinformation and Fact-Checking in Times of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Prepared for journalists and communicators in general, but open to anyone interested in tackling COVID-19 disinformation. The course is done in partnership with the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas with support from the European Union. Read more
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Available in: Spanish, Portuguese, Guaraní
Journalism in a pandemic: Covering COVID-19 now and in the future
This self-directed course helps journalists to improve their coverage of the pandemic. Launched by UNESCO and WHO and organized by the Knight Centre for Journalism in the Americas and at the University of Texas at Austin with support from the European Union and UNDP.
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Available in: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Legal challenges related to freedom of expression amid the COVID-19 pandemic
This webinar series is a resource for judicial operators on legal challenges related to freedom of expression in relation with the COVID-19 pandemic. Organized by UNESCO and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, The Bonavero Institute for Human Rights and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, in partnership with the Inter-American, African and the ECOWAS Court of Justices and the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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International and African Legal Framework on Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and the Safety of Journalists
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