Bravery or Bravado? The Protection of News Providers in Armed Conflict

During the last decade, the image of war correspondents in the news has shifted dramatically. Reports are no longer full of cheerleading stories of embedded journalists. Instead, stories of war reporters being attacked, kidnapped or injured prevail. Sadly, the former heroic witnesses to war have become victims of their own story.
In this book, Nina Burri provides the first comprehensive analysis on how international law protects professional and citizen journalists, photographers, cameramen and their support staff during times of war. Using examples from recent armed conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Gaza and Syria, Burri explores the means, methods and risks of contemporary war coverage and examines the protection of news providers by international humanitarian law, international criminal law and human rights law.

Nina Burri, Dr.iur.(2015), University of Zurich, currently works for the district attorney for Zurich, Switzerland. She has published several articles on international law and Swiss public law and previously worked for Swiss TV, UNESCO and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.