The Functional Role of Mass Media in Promotion of Human Rights and Establishment of Perpetual Peace

Today the modern mass media have an important role in the modern social order structure. There is intrinsic and mutual relationship between freedom of speech and freedom of information stemming from human rights standards. The free and open societies and public sphere regardless of ascendency or intersubjective and convincing relation are able to bring about and preserve free mass media that are the basic pillar of human rights and the related treaties. Freedom of speech is prerequisite for other individuals’ rights to be realized. Therefore, there is close relationship between human rights and media. Human Rights is one of the most essential achievements of the modern societies in order to reach peace and international security through the recognition of equal rights and freedom for human beings. Peace can not be established without free information, knowledge and freedom of speech as mentioned in the Charter of the United Nations and Human Rights Instruments. In the modern societies, freedom of speech is embodied in the freedom of communication and freedom of media.