Panel discussion on media literacy - 20th Meeting…

Objectives: The panel discussion aims to exchange on the role of digital, media and information literacy (DMIL) in the promotion and enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. In particular, the panel discussion aims:

• To foster a deeper understanding of the role that DMIL can play in the promotion and enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, as enshrined in articles 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; article 5 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; article 7 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and other instruments including regional human rights instruments;

• To consider the challenges that nowadays affect the right to freedom of opinion and expression and how these challenges should be taken into account when designing the content of DMIL programmes and activities;

• To explore the specific roles that States, as well as the media sector, civil society and business entreprises can play to develop DMIL programmes and activities with a view to promote the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Chair:

• H.E. Mr. Václav Bálek, President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statements:

• Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Panellists:

• Ms. Irene Kahn, Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
• Ms. Sarah Kaddu, President of the Uganda Library and Information Association and Chair of the International Steering Committee of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance
• Mr. Aymen Zaghdoudi, Senior Policy Counsel for the Middle East and North Africa region, Access Now
• Mr. Daniel Dessein, President of the Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas (ADEPA)

SPEAKERS:

• Austria (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Christoph Wieland
• European Union (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Lotte Knudsen
• Denmark (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Erik Brøgger Rasmussen
• European Union, Ms. Lotte Knudsen
• Republic of Korea
• Israel, Ms. Adi Farjon Israel
• Armenia, Ms. Anna Sargsyan
• Greece, Ms. Natalia Panourgia
• Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
• Russian Federation, Mr. Ivan Tatarinov
• Romania, Ms. Maria Mihailescu
• India, Mr. Senthil Kumar Subramanian
• World Jewish Congress, Mr. Leon Saltiel
• Article 19 - International Centre Against Censorship, Ms. Roberta Taveri
• The International Humanitarian Society for Development Without Borders, Mr. Muhammad Mansoor Sheik Sheik
• Benin, Mr. Andy O. Agossou
• Botswana, Mr. Gaolatlhe Pule
• Ukraine, Ms. Yevheniia Kononenko
• South Africa, Mr. S. Moulton
• Malaysia, Ms. Nur Farhana Binti Luk
• Maldives, Mr. Hassan Hussain Shihab
• United States of America, Ms. Michele Taylor
• Namibia, Ms. Brona Okwara
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Maira Marieléa Macdonal Alvarez
• Malawi, Ms. Tiyamike Banda
• United Republic of Tanzania, Ms. Ramla Khamis
• Cuba, Ms. Greisy Cordero Suárez
• Brazil, Ms. Camila Mandel
• Terre Des Hommes Federation Internationale, Ms. Margaret Mwende Mutuku
• Institut International pour les Droits et le Développement, Ms. Aya Linda Youssef
• Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, Ms. Karyna Pavlova
• Ms. Sarah Kaddu, President of the Uganda Library and Information Association and Chair of the International Steering Committee of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance (Final Remarks)
• Mr. Aymen Zaghdoudi, Senior Policy Counsel for the Middle East and North Africa region, Access Now
• Mr. Daniel Dessein, President of the Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas (ADEPA)