Recursos para los medios de comunicación​

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​Los medios de comunicación tienen una gran influencia en la opinión pública. Las
historias que se eligen (y las que no) y el tono y la perspectiva utilizados en las noticias, películas y documentales tienen una repercusión directa sobre el estado de la libertad de religión o de creencias. Las organizaciones que supervisan los crímenes de odio han establecido que existe una relación evidente entre el empleo de un tono violento en las noticias y el aumento del número de crímenes de odio.
Sea cual sea nuestra profesión, tenemos la responsabilidad de respetar los derechos humanos. Esta responsabilidad recae especialmente sobre los medios de comunicación.
En estos recursos, recogemos orientaciones para ayudar a los profesionales de los medios de comunicación a informar sobre cuestiones relacionadas con la religión de manera que respalde la libertad de religión o de creencias para todos, la libertad de expresión y la igualdad.

Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of incitement to national, racial or religious hatred 
This plan of action is the result of broad international process of consultation organised by the UN. The plan includes sections of particular relevance to the media including the following two paragraphs: 

§ 58. Self-regulation, where effective, remains the most appropriate way to address professional issues relating to the media. In line with principle 9 of the Camden Principles, all media should, as a moral and social responsibility and through self-regulation, play a role in combating discrimination and promoting intercultural understanding, including by considering the following:
(a) Taking care to report in context and in a factual and sensitive manner, while ensuring that acts of discrimination are brought to the attention of the public.
(b) Being alert to the danger of furthering discrimination or negative stereotypes of individuals and groups in the media.
(c) Avoiding unnecessary references to race, religion, gender and other group characteristics that may promote intolerance.
(d) Raising awareness of the harm caused by discrimination and negative stereotyping.
(e) Reporting on different groups or communities and giving their members the opportunity to speak and to be heard in a way that promotes a better understanding of them, while at the same time reflecting the perspectives of those groups or communities.

59. Furthermore, voluntary professional codes of conduct for the media and journalists should reflect the principle of equality, and effective steps should be taken to promulgate and implement such codes.

Camden Principles on freedom of expression and equality 
The principles look at the role of the state and the media in ensuring both equality and freedom of expression and are available in Arabic,  English,  
Spanish,  French,  Indonesian,  Portuguese,  Russian, and Swahili.  
​The Principles were prepared by ARTICLE 19 on the basis of discussions involving a group of high-level UN and other officials, and civil society and academic experts in international human rights law on freedom of expression and equality. 

Journalists Code of Conduct
This code of conduct has been developed by the Adyan Foundation in Lebanon and is focused on journalists in the Middle East region, but has relevance for other geographic regions too. ​