109133 20220908120552.0 doi 10.36633/ulr.667 sideral 125337 ART-2021-125337 eng Gascón Marcén, Ana Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7063-0129 The platform for the protection of journalists: a mechanism for cooperation between non-governmental organisations and the council of Europe 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The decrease in journalist safety and media freedom has a negative impact on the rule of law because journalists cannot act as public watchdogs. Its deterioration in Europe during the last decade is a worrying trend for society as a whole. The Council of Europe has tried to fight against it through the creation of a public Internet-based Platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists. The Platform receives alerts from non-governmental organisations such as journalist associations and this serves as an early warning mechanism for the Council of Europe. Non-governmental organisations act as partners of this International Organisation and in that way they protect the rule of law from below. A simple search of the Platform permits to see the many threats journalists face in Europe every day. This paper assesses how the Platform works. It is a positive initiative to co-operate with civil society that still has to improve its results mainly through a more effective engagement of the Member States of the Council of Europe. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.215 2021 Law 2021 Q2 1.2 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 4005 160 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Derecho Público Área Dcho.Intern.Púb.Relac.In. 17, 2 (2021), 42-55 Utrecht law rev. Utrecht law review 1871-515X 1304990 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109133/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2449947 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109133/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:109133 articulos driver 2022-09-08-11:57:02 ARTICLE