Professionalization
PROFESSIONALIZATION
WHEREAS
obstacles have been put in the way of free expression in several Latin American countries in the form of laws to "professionalize" journalism
the so-called "professionalization" is merely a dangerous subterfuge to force the media to employ only those persons who hold a university degree in journalism or communications
an opini,on of the Inter-American Human Rights Court stated that both mandatory licensing and obligatory degrees for journalists are incompatible with the American Convention on Human Rights
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES
to condemn laws which require a university degree as a dangerous subterfuge designed to limit freedom of expression and thought
to support the IAPA in its efforts to combat so-called "professionalization" laws in several countries
on the American continent
to ask the IAPA president to denounce the "professionlaization" of journalism as a violation of
freedom of expression.
