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The High Level Panel comprises a diverse group of leading lawyers from around the world.</p> <h3 id="WhoWeAre">What we do</h3> <p> The remit of the High Level Panel is to provide advice and recommendations to governments to prevent and reverse abuses of media freedom. The High Level Panel will propose initiatives that can be taken by governments to ensure existing international obligations relating to media freedom are upheld, disseminate elements for model legislation to promote and protect a vibrant free press, and report on means of raising the cost to those who target journalists for their work.</p></div></div><div class="yCmsComponent col-12 my-4"> <div class="content"><div class="row mb-3"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-8 col-md-4 my-auto"> <h3 class="mb-0" id="Chairs">Chair and Deputy Chairs</h3> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-4 col-md-2 ml-auto text-right"> <a href="#WhoWeAre">Back to top <i class="fas fa-arrow-up"> </i></a> </div> </div> <p> The Chair of the High Level Panel is Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC and her Deputy Chairs are Catherine Amirfar and Can Yeginsu.</p></div></div></div></div> <div class="container"> <div class="yCmsContentSlot row"> <div class="yCmsComponent col-6 col-md-4 secondary-btn-wrap align-components no-btn 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<p><strong>Can Yeginsu</strong><br /><br /><i>Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom</i></p> <button class="btn btn-primary btn-modal" data-target="#Yeginsu" data-toggle="modal" type="button">Read biography</button><a href="" class="btn btn-primary"></a> </div> </div><div class="yCmsComponent col-6 col-md-4 secondary-btn-wrap align-components no-btn border-wrap"> <img src="/medias/Catherine-Amirfar-350px.jpg?context=bWFzdGVyfHJvb3R8MjIwNDZ8aW1hZ2UvanBlZ3xhRFl3TDJnNU1DODRPRFF5TXpBek16QTNPREEyTDBOaGRHaGxjbWx1WlMxQmJXbHlabUZ5TFRNMU1IQjRMbXB3Wnd8MzBlZGI1NmNjZjMxOGZmZTViMTBkZWI5NzViNDBhMTI4NjkyYjc2OWIzMmM5MTEwNDcyMGFkNjNmZWVjYzc1Zg" alt="" class="card-img-top"> <div class="card-body"> <p><strong>Catherine Amirfar</strong><br /><br /><i>Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom</i></p> <button class="btn btn-primary btn-modal" data-target="#Amirfar" data-toggle="modal" type="button">Read biography</button><a href="" class="btn 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UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030. As the UN Agency with a specific mandate to promote “the free flow of ideas by word and image”, UNESCO works to foster free, independent and pluralistic media in print, broadcast and online. Under this framework, UNESCO leads the <btn onclick="window.location='https://en.unesco.org/un-plan-action-safety-journalists/history'">United Nations Plan of Action for the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity</btn> and coordinates the <btn onclick="window.location='https://en.unesco.org/training-foe'">Judges’ Initiative on Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Safety of Journalists</btn>, which –as of 2019– has reached more than 17,000 judicial operators in over 60 countries.</p> <p> UNESCO administers the <btn onclick="window.location='https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-welcomes-establishment-global-media-defense-fund-initial-funding-uk-and-canada'">Global Media Defence Fund</btn>, an initiative supported by the United Kingdom and Canada in 2019. The Fund is a Multi-Partner Trust Fund with the goal of enhancing media protection and improving the access of journalists to specialized legal assistance. Its particular niches are supporting legal defence based on international standards on media freedom, as well as investigative journalism contributing to tackle impunity for crimes against journalists. Amongst other activities, the Global Media Defence Fund supports IBAHRI’s work as the Secretariat to the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-primary include-arrow" href="https://en.unesco.org/global-media-defence-fund" target="_blank">About Global Media Defence Fund</a></p> </div> <div class="modal-footer"> <button class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal" type="button">Close</button> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="container"> <div class="yCmsContentSlot row"> <div class="yCmsComponent col-12 my-4"> <div class="content"><h3>The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute Secretariat</h3> <p>The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) serves as the Secretariat to the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom. The IBAHRI Secretariat provides operational, legal, technical assistance, facilitating the Panel’s advisory role and advocacy actions to strengthen protection of media freedom and journalists’ access to legal assistance.</p> <h3 id="CivilSociety"> Consultative Committee: Civil Society</h3> <div class="accordion-component" id="accordion"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header" id="headingOne"> <h5 class="mb-0"> <button aria-controls="collapseOne" aria-expanded="false" class="btn btn-link collapsed" data-target="#collapseOne" data-toggle="collapse"> Click to view all Consultative Committee members </button> </h5> </div> <div aria-labelledby="headingOne" class="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" id="collapseOne"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="table mb-0"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="table-hover" id="table-component"> <thead class="d-flex"> <tr class="w-100"> <td>Name</td> <td>Position & organisation</td> <td>Region</td> <td>Biography</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> David Kaye</td> <td> Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine, School of Law and Former UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression (August 2014 - July 2020)</td> <td> Global</td> <td> <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/DavidKaye.aspx">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Harlem Désir</td> <td> Former Representative on Freedom of the Media, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2017-2020)</td> <td> Europe</td> <td> <a href="https://www.osce.org/node/306336">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Matjaz Gruden</td> <td> Director of Democratic Participation, Council of Europe</td> <td> Europe</td> <td> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matja%C5%BE-gruden-9b86a1a/">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Patrick Penninckx</td> <td> Head of Department - Information Society, Council of Europe</td> <td> Europe</td> <td> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-penninckx-8695339/?originalSubdomain=fr">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Antoine Bernard</td> <td> Senior Advisor for International Strategic Litigation, RSF</td> <td> Global</td> <td> <a href="https://rsf.org/en/news/former-head-fidh-appointed-rsf-deputy-director-general">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Rebecca Vincent</td> <td> Director of International Campaigns, RSF</td> <td> Global</td> <td> <a href="https://tcij.org/person/rebecca-vincent/">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jodie Ginsberg</td> <td> Chief Executive, Index on Censorship until February 2020. 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Amnesty International and former UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (2016-2021)</td> <td> Global</td> <td> <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Executions/Pages/AgnesCallamard.aspx">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Karen Eltis</td> <td> Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law</td> <td> Canada</td> <td> <a href="https://droitcivil.uottawa.ca/en/people/eltis-karen">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Miguel Maduro</td> <td> Former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice and now at the European Institute in Florence</td> <td> Europe</td> <td> <a href="https://www.weforum.org/people/miguel-poiares-maduro">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Irene Khan</td> <td> UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression</td> <td> Global</td> <td> <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/IreneKhan.aspx">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Gypsy Guillén Kaiser</td> <td> Advocacy and Communications Director, CPJ</td> <td> Global</td> <td> <a href="https://cpj.org/about/staff/#gypsy-guillen-kaiser">Biography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Professor Evelyn Aswad</td> <td> Professor of Law, Herman G. 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She is a commissioner with the International Commission of Jurists and served as the Vice Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee and as the U.S. Independent Expert to the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. From 2009 to 2011, Professor Cleveland was Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. State Department and in August 2021, Professor Cleveland was appointed as Legal Adviser at the U.S. State Department.</p> </div> <div class="modal-footer"> <button class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal" type="button">Close</button> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="Arapova" class="modal fade" id="Arapova" tabindex="-1"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h5 class="modal-title">Galina Arapova</h5> <button aria-label="Close" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" type="button"> <span aria-hidden="true">×</span> </button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <p>Galina Arapova is the director and senior media lawyer at Mass Media Defence Centre in Russia. She has advised on many cases addressing defamation and freedom of expression before the Russian courts and the European Court of Human Rights. 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He serves as an academic board member of the Global Network Initiative and is an advisor to the Freedom Online Coalition. Professor Park has also served as legal advisor to the Korea Film Council and the Ministry of Culture, as a member of the National Media Council advising the country’s legislator, and as a commissioner of the Korean Communication Standards Commission regulating the country’s broadcasting and online media.</p> </div> <div class="modal-footer"> <button class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal" type="button">Close</button> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="Sack" class="modal fade" id="Sack" tabindex="-1"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h5 class="modal-title">Robert D. Sack</h5> <button aria-label="Close" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" type="button"> <span aria-hidden="true">×</span> </button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <p>Robert D. 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