The Guardian reports that the UN human rights council (HRC) has adopted a ground-breaking, comprehensive resolution aimed at protecting journalists and demanding the release of all journalists who have been arbitrarily detained. It urges the reform of laws designed to obstruct editorial work, and calls on states not to interfere with the use of encryption and digital security tools that enable anonymity. The HRC`s initiative was welcomed by media freedom groups; however, several journalists’ organizations, press freedom bodies and human rights campaigners expressed concerns about an existing lack of mechanisms in place to enforce the UN’s calls.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) - for example - pointed out, that mechanisms to enforce the UN’s calls were limited or non-existent. Courtney Radsch, of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), also spoke about the need for “more concrete action from member states, including revision of legal frameworks that threaten media independence.”
With the resolution, the HRC strives to ensure greater complementarity between existing UN agencies and mechanisms tasked with ensuring the safety of journalists. The resolution was an initiative of Austria together with Brazil, France, Greece, Morocco, Qatar and Tunisia. “The fact that the resolution was co-sponsored by more than 80 states and adopted by consensus, underlines its significance and adds to its importance. After this latest success, we will remain committed to supporting the safety of journalists both in the UN Human Rights Council as well as in other international fora,” Austria´s foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said.

More Info can be found here; the article also provides a link to the full text of the resolution.