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Media can play a major role in protecting and promoting human rights in the world. It can make people aware of their rights, expose its violations and focus attention on people and areas in need of the protection of human rights and pursue their case till they achieve them.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
What are the rights of media?
Freedom of the press in India is legally protected by the Amendment to the constitution of India, while the sovereignty, national integrity, and moral principles are generally protected by the law of India to maintain a hybrid legal system for independent journalism.
Is social media a human right?
Recognition of social media as a human right is distinctive because of the number of important rights which converge into it: namely, freedom of: association, expression, and information. Firstly, members using social media are participating in an associative right.
How does the media protect human rights?
How social media can defend human rights. Social media gives groups like the HRC Lab access to a huge variety of open-source information and documentation of human rights violations. This gives the people sharing the information – often at the risk of their own lives – hope that their posts aren’t existing in a void.
Social media gives groups like the HRC Lab access to a huge variety of open-source information and documentation of human rights violations. This gives the people sharing the information – often at the risk of their own lives – hope that their posts aren’t existing in a void.
Is press freedom a human right?
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Journalists and media professionals are essential to our enjoyment of the “right to know.” Therefore, they must be able to work in an environment that allows for free and independent reporting.
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