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Two Winners of the National Human Rights Contest will visit Geneva

08 June 2016
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The Association of Independent Press (AIP) and the Independent Journalism Center (IJC) are holding the national contest of articles/reports and programs on the topic of human rights in Moldova, with a focus on realization of commitments assumed by authorities within the international exercise – Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The contest is aimed at journalists from all national and local/regional media outlets in Moldova: radio stations, TV channels, newspapers, information websites/portals.

What is UPR?

UPR is a mechanism created within the UN Human Rights Council ten years ago, through which public policies on human rights in countries around the globe are evaluated. The goal of the UPR is to help eliminate all forms of discrimination and to make the authorities of the UN Member States fulfill the human rights commitments they assumed before other countries. At the XIX session of the UN Human Rights Council (2012), Moldova was for the first time included into this international exercise. In the autumn of 2016, Moldovan authorities will report to the UN about the human rights situation in our country and about how the 122 commitments in this area have been realized in four years. Further information is available here.

Contest conditions

 - Journalists are encouraged to publish/broadcast well-documented articles/reports and programs on the topic of human rights and Moldova’s international commitments assumed within the UPR; only materials published/broadcast in the period of March-September 2016 will be accepted;

 - Interested journalists shall send to the contest maximum three articles and/or reports/programs, indicating the media outlet where they were published and the date of publication, as well as the author’s updated CV;

 - Files for the contest shall be emailed to api@api.md and ion.mazur@api.md or sent to the following address: MD-2012, 41/5 Bucuresti Street, Chisinau municipality, with the note: Contest: Universal Periodic Review.

Note: Participants in the contest shall submit their reports and audio/video programs on a CD at the AIP office or send links to the published/broadcast materials, making sure that they are accessible.

- Deadline for acceptance of materials for the contest – September 12, 2016, at 17.00.

Jury and evaluation criteria

The winning materials will be chosen by a jury of journalists and human rights experts based on the following evaluation criteria:

  • Relevance of materials to the announced topic;
  • Impact of the article/report/program on the problem;
  • Research on the problem and work with sources of information/relevance of sources (national and international experts, NGOs, citizens, authorities, etc.);
  • Accuracy and truth of facts;
  • Separation of facts from opinion;
  • Impartiality;
  • Right to reply;
  • Coherent language.

Note: If the jury awards equal points to candidates, participation in specialized trainings organized by the AIP, IJC, and CRD on March 4 and May 26, 2016, will be considered as an advantage.

Visit to Geneva

As award, two winners of the contest will be offered a documentation visit to Geneva (Switzerland), in the autumn of 2016, to the session of the UN Human Rights Council, where Moldovan authorities will present the report on realization of UPR recommendations.

For further information, telephone: (22) 22 09 95, 068 983 983, contact person – Ion Mazur.

The contest is held with the financial support of Civil Rights Defenders.