A book launch of “ Reporting Human Rights, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding: Critical and Global Perspectives” published by Palgrave Macmillan and co-authored by the chairman and Information Commissioner of the Right to Access Information, Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and Dr Senthan Selvarajah, co-directors of Centre for Media, Human Rights and Peacebuilding will be held on Fri­day January 17th 2020 at 9:30 am at the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists Headquar­ters, Campbell street, in Freetown.

Co-author Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and Hon Justice Dr Abou Binneh Kamara, will speak at the launch to be followed by Q and A s from participants. Presentations of copies of the book to SLAJ, national and FBC libraries will also take place.

This book focuses on the reporting of human rights in broadly defined times of conflict. It brings together scholarly and professional perspectives on the role of the media in constructing human rights and peacebuilding options in conflict and post-conflict environments, drawing on case studies from Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. It also provides critical reflections on the challenges faced by journalists and explores the implications of constructing hu­man rights and peacebuilding options in their day-to-day professional activities. The chap­ters embrace a variety of theoretical, empirical and methodological approaches and will ben­efit students, scholars, information officers and media professionals In his foreword to the book Professor Steven Youngblood wrote “ For those who study and teach media and peacebuilding, “Reporting Human Rights, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding: Critical and Global Perspectives” is like a package under the tree at Christmas. And it’s not a package with underwear and socks, but is instead the shiny toy that you’ve been impatiently seeking for many years”.

The contributors to this volume are among the leading voices in the field of media, con­flicts and human rights. Some of them, in­cluding the editors themselves, also have media industry experience. This book consists of four parts, each with four chapters, except Part 3: 1. Media, Conflicts, and Humanitarian Interventions 2. Mediating Human Rights, De­mocracy and Terrorism 3. Human Rights Reporting: Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding 4. Breaking the Challenges and Reporting Human Rights during Conflicts in the Digital Age.

For more info visit the book’s web link: Reporting Human Rights, Conflicts, and Peacebuilding