Human development in the coming decades will depend on people’s access to information. Ground-breaking new media and technology are enabling major expansion of economic, social and political progress.

 

We believe that freedom of expression and access to independent media are essential to democratic and economic development. Freedom of speech and the media are means to advance human development and are ends in their own right. 

 

We, the undersigned, therefore call on the Open Working Group to fully integrate the governance recommendations of the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons Report (A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development) into the proposed Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, specifically in relation to its recommendations to:

 

 

Signed by,

 

ARTICLE 19, International

Global Forum for Media Development, Belgium/International

ABONG (Brazilian Association of NGOs)

Access Info Europe

Access to Information Programme, Bulgaria

Access-info Center, Moldova

Acción Ciudadana "Capitulo de Transparencia Internacional Guatemala"

Adevarul (Truth), Armenia

Adil Soz, Kazakhstan

Afghanistan Journalists Center

AFP Foundation, France

Africa Freedom of Information Centre

African Media Initiative, Kenya/International

Albanian Media Institute

Alliance of Independent Journalists, Indonesia

Alianza Regional por la Libre Expresión e Información, South America

Comunicação e Direitos (ANDI), Brazil

Arabic Media Internet Network, Palestine

AMARRIBO - Articulação Contra a Corrupção e a Impunidade, Brazil

Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad, Colombia

Association "For Sustainable Human Development", Armenia

Asociación por los Derechos Civiles, Argentina

Association EPAS, Romania

Association of Caribbean Media Workers

Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), Serbia 

Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Bahrain Transparency Society 

Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI)

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Egypt

Cambodian Center for Human Rights

Campaign for Freedom of Information, UK

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Cartoonists Rights Network International

Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists, Jordan 

Center for Effective Government, USA

Center for International Environmental Law, Canada

Center for Independent Journalism, Romania 

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Philippines

Center for Media Studies and Peace Building, Liberia

Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia

Centre for Law and Democracy, International

Centre Ibn Rochd, Morocco

Centro de Archivos y Acceso a la Información Pública, Uruguay

Centro de Iniciativas de Politicas Ambientales, Nicaragua

Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala

Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental, Ecuador

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, Mexico

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), Honduras

Committee to Protect Journalists, International

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India

Comunicación y Educación Ambiental SC, Mexico

Conselho Indigenista Missionário - Regional Norte / Indigenous Missionary Council - Northern Region, Brazil

Corruption Watch UK

Cultura Ecológica, Mexico

DATA Uruguay

Defensa de Niñas y Niños Internacional – DNI, Costa Rica

Derechos Digitales, Chile

Deutsche Welle Akademie, Germany

Electronic Frontier Foundation, USA

English PEN, UK

Espaco Publico, Venezuela

European Endowment for Democracy 

FEMNET (African Women's Development & Communication Network)

FOJO: Media Institute, Linnaeus University, Sweden

Fondation Hirondelle, Switzerland

Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA), Argentina

Free Media Movement, Sri Lanka

Free Press Unlimited, The Netherlands

Freedom Forum, Nepal

Freedom Foundation for Media Freedom Rights and Development, Yemen

Freedom House, USA

Freedom of Information Center of Armenia

Freedom of Information Foundation, Russia

Fundación Andina para la Observación y el Estudio de Medios (Fundamedios), Ecuador 

Fundacion Construir, Bolivia

Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Libertad Ciudadana, Capítulo Panameño de Transparencia Internacional, Panama

Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, Colombia

Gaspar Garcia Centre for Human Rights, Brazil

Global Human Rights Communications, India

Global Infancia, Paraguay

Global Integrity: Innovations for Transparency and Accountability, International

Global Movement for Budget Transparency, Accountability and Participation (BTAP), International

Globe International Center, Mongolia 

GPOPAI, Research Group on Public Policy for Access to Information, University of Sao Paulo

Greenhost, The Netherlands

Groupe d'Action de Paix et de Formation pour la Transformation, Central African Republic

Hibr, Jordan

Hong Kong Journalists Association, China

Human Rights Center, Azerbaijan

Human Rights First Rwanda Association

Human Rights Network for Journalists, Uganda

Human Security Alliance, Thailand

Iilab, UK 

Independent Journalism Center, Moldova

Independent Media Center Kurdistan, Iraq

Index on Censorship, UK

Initiative for Freedom of Expression, Turkey

Institut du Gouvernance Numérique, Canada

Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, Indonesia

Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information, Indonesia

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, Venezuela

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, Peru

International Center for Journalists, USA 

International Federation of Journalists - Asia Pacific

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

International Media Support, Denmark

International Press Institute, Austria

International Publishers Association

International Records Management 

Internews Europe

Internews, International

Iraqi Journalists Rights Defense Association

Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate, Iraq

Lisbonreporter.com LokaalMondiaal, Netherlands 

Lori TV, Armenia

Maharat Foundation, Lebanon

Media Foundation for West Africa

Media Industry Development Authority, Fiji 

Media Initiatives Center, Armenia

Media Institute of Southern Africa

Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria

Media Watch, Bangladesh

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Australia

Mediacentar Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

MediaLink, Indonesia

Medical Mission Sisters, USA

MICT Berlin, Germany

Mizzima News, Burma

Nancy Fashho, Individual

National Union of Somali Journalists

Obong Denis Udo-Inyang Foundation, Nigeria

Observatorio Latinoamericano para la Libertad de Expresión, Peru

Observatório Social de Belém, Brazil

ONG Ativa Buzios, Brazil

ONG Transparência Cachoeirense, Brazil

Open Data Forum Indonesia 

Open Democracy Advice Centre, South Africa

Open Society Foundation, Serbia

Open The Government, USA

Ovdinfo.Org, Russia 

Pacific Islands News Association

Pakistan Press Foundation, Pakistan

Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms

PEN American Center

PEN Canada

PEN International 

Privacy and Access Council of Canada / Conseil du Canada de l’Accès et la vie Privée 

Privacy International

PRO MEDIA Skopje, Macedonia

Programa Transparencia para Tod@s, Mexico

Public Association Journalists, Kyrgyzstan

Publish What You Fund, International

RadioExpert.org, Czech Republic 

Reporters Without Borders, France

Sawt el Hor, Egypt

School for Broadcast Media, Indonesia

SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom, Lebanon

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Nigeria

Source Fabric, Czech Republic

South African History Archive, South Africa 

Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Syrian Journalist Association

Syria Newsdesk

Teeba Press, Sudan

Terra-1530, Moldova

The Justice Project, India 

The MediaWise Trust, UK

The Zimbabwean, Zimbabwe

Tifa Foundation, Indonesia  

Trac FM, Uganda

Transparency International

Transparency International Bangladesh

Transparency International, Croatia 

Transparency Morocco

Tunis Center For Press Freedom, Tunisia

United Journalists Center, Egypt

Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania

Uznet, Uzbekistan

Videre Est Credere, UK

Viva São João, Brazil

VOICE, Bangladesh

Vuselela-Media, South Africa

Walter Keim, Individual, Norway

Wesam Al-Haq

World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters 

World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)

World Pulse, International

Youth Association for Development, Pakistan

Zambezi Fox, South Africa

Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations