Reaffirming the fundamental importance of freedom of expression as the cornerstone of democracy and as a means of ensuring respect for all human rights and freedoms;Desirous of promoting the free flow of information and ideas and greater respect for the right to freedom of expression in Zimbabwe;
Convinced that an independent media profession with effective self-regulation is the best system for promoting freedom of expression and ensuring the highest standards for the media in Zimbabwe;
Consistent with the provision in the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights agreed to in 2002 “effective self-regulation is the best system for promoting high standards in the media.”
Mindful of the need to create a widely accessible public complaints system for print and broadcasting media in Zimbabwe to ensure accountability and maintain professionalism:
We, the members of the media profession in Zimbabwe, including but not limited to members of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Zimbabwe), Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ), Zimbabwe National Editors’ Forum (ZINEF), Zimbabwe Association of Editors (ZEA), Federation of African Media Women (FAMWZ) publishers and media houses in Zimbabwe hereby declare as follows:
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