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Cebu Citizens-Press Council
REGIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE
FOR SOUTHEAST AND EAST ASIA
Reporting on Violence
and EmergenciesThe Heritage Hotel Manila
October 13-14, 2011
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Cebu DeclarationA call to action for the protection
of journalists in the Philippines
Cebu Citizens-Press CouncilNon-stock, non-profit organization
dealing with media issues
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Background
Philippines Second most dangerous country
for journalists, next to Iraq. (Ranking by InternationalFederation of Journalists)
Since 1986, some 140 journalists and media staff
have been killed in the Philippines.
Culture of impunity Killers and masterminds
are rarely apprehended; get away scot-free.
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Complications
Armed conflict and extra-judicial killings
Journalists in small towns, cities are most vulnerable,
having little or no access to support groups.
Targeted by powerful clans, politicians or individuals
stung by their stories, or caught in the cross-fire
Mostly underpaid, working with scant resources;
vulnerable to coercion.
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Nov. 23, 2009 In Ampatuan town,
Maguindanao, 32
media practitioners
were killed in the
single largest attack
on journalists
in history.
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Victims were among 58 people killed
Convoy to file a certificate of candidacy for
Buluan town vice mayor Esmael Mangudadatu,
who was challenging Datu Unsay mayor
Andal Ampatuan Jr. for the post of Maguindanao
governor in the 2010 election.
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1st anniversary
of Maguindanao
Massacre
Conference brought
forward a collectivecall to action for the
protection of
journalists.
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104 participants
from media outfits,civil society groups
and the academe
from all over PHL
Marcelo B. Fernan
Cebu Press Center,
Nov. 23, 2010
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Preamble:
In a democracy like the Philippines, the people
have the right to information so they can participate wisely
in governance. It is the role and the duty of the press orthe mass media to provide accurate information to the
people so that the latter can make better decisions. But in
order to perform that duty, the press must be free and
responsible. We note, however, that in the Philippines the
press has been hampered in the performance of this dutybecause of the killings of journalists.
CEBU DECLARATION
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CEBU DECLARATION
Preamble:
We, the 104 delegates to the 1st Media Conference
on the Protection of Journalists, in commemoration
of the first anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre,lament the unsolved killings of more than 130
journalists and media workers while performing their
duties in the Philippines between 1986 and 2010.
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We deplore:
Government inaction and the culture of impunity
which gives rise to the continuing physical, verbal, sexual
harassment, attacks on and killings of journalists andmedia workers in the country;
We assert:
The protection of journalists is paramount as the free andindependent practice of their profession ensures the
protection, promotion and fulfillment of the democratic
rights of the people especially their right to know, to speak
and be heard;
CEBU DECLARATION
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Therefore we declare:
1. The State, with all its agencies and instrumentalities, is
primarily responsible for the safety of all citizens, including
the news media. It must also immediatelyact to end the culture of impunity where innocent civilians,
including journalists and media workers, are killed and to
observe in letter and in spirit United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1738 of 2006 on the safety of
journalists in conflict situations, the Geneva Conventions
and all its protocols, and all local and national laws
pertaining to the protection of its citizens;
CEBU DECLARATION
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CEBU DECLARATION
Therefore we declare:
2. News organizations should develop, implement and
institutionalize Duty of Care for all news personnel
they engage and provide appropriate safety, first aid, andtrauma training, equipment, and insurance or other
financial provision for death or disability when they cover
dangerous stories such as wars and other forms of
conflict, crime and corruption, natural and human-induced
disasters, and health emergencies. Such provisions must
be non-discriminatory and cover staff, freelancers,
stringers, media support staff, talents, and other contract
workers;
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Therefore we declare:
3. Journalists, media owners, press groups or
associations, and media development organizations
should discuss and agree on appropriate and acceptableoperational procedures governing safety, first aid, trauma,
and post-trauma stress management of media workers
and journalists. The media organizations should set aside
competition where the lives of journalists, media workers
and civilians are in danger and if and when necessary
collaborate with state security and disaster response
management agencies;
CEBU DECLARATION
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Therefore we declare:
4. Media development organizations must endeavor
to promote safety training in their programs for journalists
and media workers. Likewise, they must extendassistance to smaller news organizations that lack
resources to provide adequate protection for their staff,
correspondents, and stringers;
CEBU DECLARATION
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CEBU DECLARATION
Therefore we declare:
5. While news organizations must bear the cost
of safety care for their news staff, freelancers,
stringers and media workers, community vigilanceand civic engagement are also needed to safeguard
the peoples right to information;
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Therefore we declare:
6. Journalists, media workers, and freelancers
should help ensure each others safety
in hostile environments;
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CEBU DECLARATION
Therefore we declare:
7. The academe, specifically journalism and
communication schools, and media organizations
must intensify media-academe cooperation programsto better prepare students, journalism trainees and
would-be journalists before they enter real-world
journalism;
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CEBU DECLARATION
Therefore we declare:
8. Journalists, media workers, and freelancers
must also work together through the exchange
of ideas and experiences in employingconflict-sensitive reporting especially when covering
situations of crisis and violence;
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CEBU DECLARATION
Therefore we declare:
9. Journalists and news organizations must
continuously adhere to responsible, ethical,
and quality reporting in orderto enhancemedia-citizen engagement, thereby ensuring
a safe environment for journalism practice;
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CEBU DECLARATION
Therefore we declare:
10. Journalists must further professionalize their craft
by working to attain a system of standards which
ethically balance news coverage and reporting for thepeople they serve and, eventually, to explore the
concept of accreditation for the practice of journalism,
and
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CEBU DECLARATION
Therefore we declare:
11. News organizations, media development
organizations, and journalists are encouraged
to build solidarity within the media.
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CEBU DECLARATION
In conclusion:
The conference further agrees to continue follow-up
actions in relation to the points raised by this
Declaration and to provide updates to the conference
organizers, International News Safety Institute, Peace
and Conflict Journalism Network, and Center for
Community Journalism and Development, about these
actions, in partnership with other organizations or
individually. The Declaration and subsequent actions willbe sent to the UN Secretary General for the annual
review of the safety or journalists under the terms of UN
Resolution 1738.
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CCPC has
15 members:
7 Media
2 Semi-media
6 Public
Cebu Citizens-Press Council
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Purpose of the CCPC
1. It is a forum for media issues.
- It discusses subjects of interest to media practitioners
(especially those affecting press freedom) and adds
its voice to those of others to help shape public opinion
and policy on controversial matters.
- It engages the various sectors of society in dialogue,
so they understand the workings of media.
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Dialogues
- Men in uniform
- Judges
- Prosecutors- Govt officials
- Religious groups
- Civil society
- Businessmen- Public information
officers
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Purpose of the CCPC
2. It is a forum for airing grievance.
By providing an added means of redress for aggrievednews subjects, it hopes to discourage lawsuits and
violence against journalists.
It entertains two types of complaints:
- Right of reply
- Accuracy
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What CCPChas done
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CCPC produced a safety brochure:
Covering disasters, civil disorders,
and public health emergencies;
and dealing with threats of search,
arrest or death. [2009]
Brochure
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Documentaries
2008
20062007
CCPC & Cebu Press Freedom Week Inc. produced:
2010
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Through the Cebu Media Legal Aid (Cemla),
a group of volunteer lawyers organized under
the auspices of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC),
we condemn the harassment and killing of journalists.
We make a lot of noise.
Cemla
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Opened Cebu
Journalism & Journalists
media gallery [2010]
Worked with Cebu City
Govt to have the marker
of Cebus first post-war
press freedom martyr,reinstalled on Borromeo St.,
Cebu City. [2010]
CJJ gallery, marker
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Thats all, folks!