This side-event will focus on sharing information about existing initiatives on improving the safety of journalists and on discussing how the role of the media, and the consequent need for adequate protection of media workers, could best be taken into account in efforts on both national and international level to combat organized crime and to achieve the goals of UNTOC.

Moderator:

Amb. Gerhard Doujak, Head of the Dept. for Human Rights, Austrian Foreign Ministry

Speakers:

Mr. Federico Cafiero de Raho, Head of the Italian Antimafia and Antiterrorism Directorate Mr. Harlem Désir, Representative for Freedom of the Media, OSCE
Ms. Barbara Trionfi, Executive Director, International Press Institute
Mr. Mark Shaw, Director, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Mr. Andrea Cairola, Programme Specialist, Division for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO