International humanitarian law and the international legal status of journalists
In: Revista moldoveneascǎ de drept internaţional şi relaţii internaţionale: publicatie periodicǎ ştiinţifico-teoreticǎ şi informaţional-practicǎ fondatǎ de Institutul de Istorie, Stat şi Drept al Academiei de Ştiinţe a Moldovei şi Asociaţia de Drept Internaţional din Republica Moldova = Moldavian journal of international law and international relations = Moldavskij žurnal meždunarodnogo prava i meždunarodni̕ch otnošenij, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 18-24
This article analyses international instruments in the sphere of international humanitarian law, in particular, devoted to ensuring the protection of journalists during an armed conflict. The absence of clear legal criteria of non-international conflict, incomplete guarantees of rights of mass media employees may give grounds for manipulation or ignoring their legal protection. The author gives the concept of the system of protection of rights and freedoms of journalists covering military conflicts, legal status during an armed conflict, conclusions and proposals to fill the gaps in international humanitarian law.