Sustainable Development Goals - 17 Goals to Transform our World
Peace and justice - strong institutions - Goal 16

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Indicator 16.10.1: Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months

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Non-Statistical Indicator

Since 1992, 11 journalists have been killed in the United States. No journalists have been improsoned or gone missing. Of the 11 murders, none occurred in the City of Los Angeles and only one took place in the State of California.

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from City of Los Angeles statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Angeleno statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Angeleno-specific metadata information.

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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months
Indicator number

16.10.1
Target name

Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
Target number

16.10
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

2
UN custodian agency

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Organisation

Committee to Protect Journalists
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United States of America
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