WPFD Statement- Implementing democratic media reforms is not rocket science Implementing democratic media reforms is not rocket science

This year’s World Press Freedom Day commemorations on May 3, 2020 come on the backdrop of Zimbabwe’s 40 years of independence and ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Windhoek Declaration in 2021.

The Windhoek Declaration, which asserts that a free media is essential to democracy and a fundamental human right, is a historic document and cornerstone to the World Press Freedom Day commemorations as we know them today.

Other significant milestones and benchmarks arising or founded upon this declaration, include among others, the African Charter on Broadcasting and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information.

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