As Mrs @hademeeus Yesterday remarked my mistake, November the 1st is not the day that we commemorate our dead, but our saints. But today November 2 is the day that we commemorate our dead family members or friends. Everywhere you see candlelights on our cemeteries except here on the oldest cemetery in Limburg. this is a picture of this morning at 01 o'clock.
This ‘large cemetery’ had become overcrowded by the end of the 18th century. In 1796, prohibition to bury within the city walls. The city magistrates bought from the Sisters of the Holy Sepulcher a plot of land outside the’ Kempische poort’. Initially, the new cemetery had a zone separated by a wall for non-Catholics. In 1807 the site was walled and in 1809 a chapel with a deadhouse was built centrally. Further expansion in 1864, 1893, 1929 and 1954.
The path structure is simple and hierarchised. Since 1930, with the construction of a new urban cemetery on’ Sint-Truidersteenweg’ there are no new people buryd , except for existing family cellars.
DAY I - SESSION 1: Safety of journalists in elections and crisis contexts: risks to democracies.
This session will delve into the security, violence and attacks against journalists and communicators during election periods and crisis contexts, as well as the specific obligations and responsibilities of States, officials and electoral authorities in these contexts. Participants will be able to delve into the integrity of elections, the risks faced by democratic institutions, as well as other issues related to journalistic coverage, protests and discrimination against women journalists during election cycles and other crisis contexts.
Moderator: Santiago Cantón, Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Testimonies from:
Patience Nyange, Executive Director, Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK)
Nataliya Gumenyuk, Co-Founder, Public Interest Journalism Lab, Ukraine
Panel discussion:
Andrea Cairola, Senior Programme Specialist, UNESCO
Zoe Titus, Chairperson, Global Forum for Media Development, Executive Director, Namibia Media Trust
Ambassador Salah S. Hammad, Head of African Governannce Architecture Secretariat, African Union
Gerardo de Icaza, Director, Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation, Organization of American States
Arif Zulkifli, Chairperson, Law Commission, Indonesian Press Council
10:30 - 11:30 - Session 1: Safety of journalists in elections and crisis contexts: risks to democracies.
DAY I - SESSION 3: Making Impunity Visible: Initiatives towards preservation of cases and memory of killed journalists.
This session will feature various initiatives by actors in fighting impunity for crimes against journalists. Initiatives spotlighted will include memorials, innovative investigative reports, artistic representation, media campaigns, and symbolic trials, among others. The session seeks to highlight some of the current initiatives and inspire new ways of mobilizing innovating strategies in combating impunity and keeping the memory of killed journalists alive.
Moderator: Michael Greenspon, President, Inter-American Press Association (IAPA)
Testimonies from:
Les Amis de Ghislaine et Claude
Hang Samphors, Team Leader, Cambodian Female Journalists
Panel discussion:
Evelien Wijkstra, Policy and Advocacy Director, Free Press Unlimited
Barbara Cochran, Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation
Victor Coello Munoz, Pixel and Pixel
Selay Marious Kouassi, Network of African Investigative Journalists and Editors (NAIRE).
Jineth Bedoya, journalist, El Tiempo
14:00 - 15:00 - Session 3: Making Impunity Visible: Initiatives towards preservation of cases and memory of killed journalists.