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This book is a comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of journalists' responses to impunity for anti-press violence in two Latin American partial democracies, Mexico and Honduras. Suitable for academics and practitioners, this book prescribes new areas of debate in international relations, global studies, human rights, and journalism.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. Civil Society Responses to Impunity, from International Human Rights Norms to Self-Protection 3. Violence against Journalists and Impunity in Mexico and Honduras: The Role of the State, Civil Society and the Media 4. Domestic Strategies: Demanding Justice and Protection from State Institutions 5. International Strategies: Using International Human Rights Standards, Mechanisms and Actors to seek Justice and Protection 6. Activist Strategies: Mobilising as Activists 7. Professional Strategies: Responding as Journalists 8. From Protection to Self-Protection: Towards a More Holistic Approach to Journalist Safety and Addressing Impunity. Appendix A: Note on Methods and Data. Appendix B: List of Interviewees. Appendix C: Summary of Journalists' Rights in Mexico and Honduras in International Law and National Constitutions
About the author
Tamsin S. Mitchell (PhD Politics) is a visiting researcher and former ESRC postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sheffield's Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) and a freelance consultant, most recently for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Previously, she worked for various international human rights and humanitarian non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including for the literary and free expression NGO PEN International, where she managed programmes of research and advocacy in Latin America and Africa and provided support to writers and journalists at risk. Mitchell has taught at several universities, including the University of Sheffield and the University of York in the United Kingdom and the Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional in Colombia, South America.
Summary
This book is a comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of journalists’ responses to impunity for anti-press violence in two Latin American partial democracies, Mexico and Honduras. Suitable for academics and practitioners, this book prescribes new areas of debate in international relations, global studies, human rights, and journalism.
