Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Ressa to address world-leading human rights forum
Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Ressa will be joining world experts to address human rights concerns at Thomas Reuters Foundation’s Trust Conference.
The two-day conference, hosted online by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, is to discuss post-COVID pathways for inclusive growth and the protection of free media and civil liberties.
“The converging economic, health and climate crises are putting our democracies, people and planet under an existential threat,” said Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Antonio Zappulla. “But there is also a great opportunity for a coordinated global response – the success of which depends on how well we work with and learn from each other.”
Ms Ressa will be joining Professor of Economics Jeffrey Sachs, Executive Director of Aspen Digital Vivian Schiller and founder of craigslist, Craig Newmark on November 17 and 18.
Ms Ressa and the above listed experts will be joined by human rights defenders, innovators, media experts, policymakers and business leaders at the online forum to address COVID-19 crisis and how it has aggravated decades-old social and economic struggles, how the Climate Change Conference (COP26) has revitalised the drive for a sustainable future and the spike in media freedom and human rights violations across the world.
In October, Ms Ressa became the first Filipino Nobel laureate after being awarded by the Nobel prize committee for her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” She was jointly awarded the peace prize with fellow journalist, Dmitry Muratov.
Thomas Reuters Foundation will also be launching a new Legal Network for Journalists at Risk (LNJAR) at the Trust Conference, an initiative in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Media Defence.
The Foundation will also unveil its partnership with UNESCO, the International Women’s Media Foundation and the International News Safety Institute (INSI) through which it has developed practical and legal tools for journalists, media managers and newsrooms to counter harassment.
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