Haiti, Israel most likely to let journalists’ murders go unpunished, CPJ 2024 impunity index shows - Committee to Protect Journalists 10/31/24, 10:37 AM Because CPJ’s impunity index measures the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of each country’s population, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory’s larger population puts it behind Haiti on a proportional basis, even though it has more cases. Only nations with !ve or more unsolved murders are included in the index. Israel was not included in last year’s index because the war in Gaza started after the index cuto" date of August 31, 2023. See more on the index methodology here. More on impunity • After 3 decades, 30 murdered journalists still have no justice • More impunity with a wave of 2024 killings in Pakistan • Explore CPJ’s global database Globally, CPJ’s index found that the vast majority – 77% – of journalists’ murderers have escaped with full impunity, meaning no one has been held to account for their murders, so they remain unsolved. #at’s an improvement from the 90% rate CPJ recorded a decade ago and slightly better than the 78% CPJ documented in 2023, but certainly no reason for celebration. Impunity has become entrenched around the world, with about four out of !ve killers of journalists consistently going unpunished. While Haiti and Israel have overtaken long-time occupants of the top spots on the impunity index, that does not mean that other o"enders have improved their bleak record in achieving justice for journalists. Somalia, Syria, and South Sudan round out the top !ve worst o"enders of 2024. All three have appeared on CPJ’s index for at least a decade; Somalia is one of six countries that have been included in all 17 years of the index’s existence, underscoring the persistent nature of impunity. Entrenched impunity, even in democracies https://cpj.org/thematic-reports/haiti-israel-most-likely-to-let-journalists-murders-go-unpunished-cpj-2024-impunity-index-shows/ Page 6 of 21