![]() For example, the United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity (UN Plan), adopted in 2012, aims to create a free and safe environment for journalists, “by strengthening the legal mechanisms available… building partnerships to introduce and harmonize safety mechanisms” ( UNESCO 2012). In the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of intergovernmental initiatives seeking to support media freedom and journalist safety. These findings have important implications for understandings of “norm entrepreneurship,” “media imperialism,” and “media freedom” itself. We argue that critical norm research provides a helpful prism for understanding this Coalition’s operations, and the global politics of media freedom more generally. This discourse legitimized a narrow, reactive, and “resource-light” approach to supporting media freedom, focused on “other” countries. We show that the Coalition adopted a state-centric, accountability-focused, and negative understanding of media freedom. This revelatory case sheds light on how norms of media freedom are constructed and contested on the international stage, and their implications for journalists, media freedom and geo-politics. It does this through a two-year case study of the Media Freedom Coalition-an intergovernmental partnership of over 50 countries-that included 55 interviews with key stakeholders, observations, and document analysis. This article analyses how international advocacy campaigns approach and define media freedom, and what influences this process. To connect with the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty, text FREEDOM to 84576 and sign up for “First Freedom News,” the Committee for Religious Liberty’s monthly newsletter. Through prayer, education, and public action during Religious Freedom Week, the faithful can promote the essential right of religious freedom for Catholics and for those of all faiths. Philips and is thought to be the first court case on the right to free exercise of religion in America. Some states are attacking the “priest-penitent privilege,” or seal of confession, which has been protected since 1813 in the court case of People v. State governments have passed or proposed laws that forbid “harboring” or transporting undocumented immigrants, when in fact, the “harboring” is defined as providing a safe place to sleep, or the “transporting” is a ride to Mass. ![]() Religious Freedom Week will also highlight issues that are currently taking place primarily at the state level. ![]() In particular, the bishops are concerned about Catholic healthcare, as the Biden Administration proposed a cascade of changes to federal regulations over the past year that remove conscience protections from healthcare institutions and individuals. These are examples of issues the faithful should be aware of in order to be in solidarity with people throughout the world who suffer for their faith.ĭomestically, a major area of concern continues to be freedom for Catholic institutions, such as schools, hospitals, and child welfare service providers, to carry out their missions with integrity. In creating the resources, the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty collaborated with the Conference’s Office of International Justice and Peace to raise awareness about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, and conflicts and religious tensions in Nigeria. The resources this year show the breadth of religious liberty issues of concern to the bishops of the United States. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offers the faithful daily topics addressing different aspects of religious liberty for prayer, reflection, and action, which may be found at. The theme this year is “Embracing the Divine Gift of Freedom.” ![]() John the Baptist, and ends with the feast of Ss. Thomas More and John Fisher, includes the Nativity of St. WASHINGTON - The annual observance of Religious Freedom Week takes place June 22–29.
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