The Tribunal was initiated by press freedom organisations Free Press Unlimited, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters without Borders.
About the organizations:
Free Press Unlimited (FPU): Free Press Unlimited is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Free Press Unlimited helps local journalists in conflict areas to provide their audience with independent news and reliable information. The information that people need to survive and give shape to their own future. – freepressunlimited.org
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): The Committee to Protect Journalists is an American independent non-profit, non-governmental organisation, based in New York City, USA with correspondents around the world. CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. – cpj.org
Reporters Without Borders (RSF): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is an independent non-profit organisation based in Paris, France. Its foreign sections, its bureaux in ten cities, including Brussels, Dakar, Washington, Berlin, Tunis, Rio de Janeiro, Taipei and Stockholm, and its network of correspondents in 130 countries give RSF the ability to mobilize support, challenge governments and wield influence both on the ground and in the ministries and precincts where media and Internet standards and legislation are drafted. – rsf.org