On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes in opposition to Journalists, which France initiated on the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, we reaffirm our steadfast dedication to press freedom and the safety of journalists everywhere in the world.
In a world context of accelerating assaults on the liberty to tell, and of disinformation and rising pressures on unbiased media organizations, France pays tribute to those that threat their lives to defend everybody’s primary proper to free, plural and dependable info.
France praises the braveness of all these doing their job in troublesome circumstances, particularly in battle zones, with a particular thought for the household and shut pals of photojournalist Antoni Lallican, killed on 3 October 2025 throughout a Russian drone strike whereas he was protecting the warfare of aggression waged by Russia in opposition to Ukraine since 2022. France totally condemns this assault and asks that full mild be shed on the circumstances of his loss of life.
The battle in opposition to impunity for crimes dedicated in opposition to journalists stays a precedence of French diplomatic motion. France totally helps the United Nations’ mechanisms, significantly the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, and requires its enhanced implementation. It additionally helps the initiatives of the International Partnership for Information and Democracy launched in 2019, and the Council of Europe’s Platform to advertise the safety of journalism and the security of journalists.
At European degree, France is working actively for the implementation of the European Media Freedom Act adopted in 2024, which goals to bolster editorial independence, media transparency and the safety of journalists in opposition to political and financial pressures.
France will proceed its resolute motion with its European and worldwide companions to ensure the security of journalists, significantly girls journalists, unbiased journalists in authoritarian States, and reporters in theatres of operation.
It will proceed to champion, all through the world, the fitting to tell, learn and categorical essential opinions, each on-line and offline – circumstances important for democratic debate and lasting peace.
