The report concludes with three major recommendations to the signatories to the Global Pledge on Media Freedom, and other key governments, to strengthen investigations into attacks on journalists, address the issue of impunity and progress towards accountability, including the creation of a standing international Investigative Task Force.

The report recommends to members of the Media Freedom Coalition and partner States committed to the protection and promotion of media freedom: (i) the introduction of a new emergency visa for journalists at risk; and (ii) the implementation of a number of essential adjustments to the existing framework for safe relocation.

• First, that consular protection by the Home State (where the journalist normally resides) is not a matter of discretion, but of legal obligation;
• Second, that the Host State (where the journalist is reporting) has responsibilities both to the Home State and to the journalist at risk;
• Third, that the rights of the journalist at risk are often marginalised or ignored, at the expense of consular protection;
• Finally, that the international community is not a bystander community, but a protective one.