qovernment aqency such as a police department, an irreqular armed qroup, or druq traffickers. 8. Identifying such patterns will be of use in formulatinq international standards, perhaps in the form of a declaration, on special protections to which journalists are entitled. 9. Finally, the Rapporteur could be asked to identify the protections Governments should be required to afford journalists. Some of these protections will be ones that Governments are obliqed to provide all persons within their jurisdictions. The most important such obliqation may be the duty to investiqate attacks and threatened attacks, and to prosecute and punish fully those identified as bearinq responsibility. It appears that many of the most serious attacks on journalists - namely, murders and disappearances - are not committed by the Government but rather by irreqular armed qroups or druq traffickers. Nonetheless, qovernment failure to conduct E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/23 page 3 rigorous investigations serves to undermine journalists' riqhts to life and security of the person as surely as does direct government commission of violations. 10, Governments furthermore may owe a special duty to journalists to permit them to enter conflict zones. This duty, if it were to be articulated, might be based on the importance of human rights reporting as a means of monitoring, and thus discouraging, abuses during periods when abuses are particularly likely to be committed. This duty would, of course, include the duty not to harass journalists found within or seeking entry into conflict zones, such as by confiscating their equipment, detaining them, or interrogating them. 11, Another interest of journalists that Governments may be obliged to respect is the right not to reveal the identity of their sources save in extraordinary circumstances. The right is necessary, particularly if reporters are to be able to gather information on corruption and abuses by 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the rights and protections of journalists, particularly in the context of conflict zones and attacks on their person. The language used is formal and legalistic, suggesting that the text may be part of a report or proposal related to human rights or international law. The focus on the duties and obligations of governments to protect journalists and respect their rights suggests that the category may be related to human rights or international relations.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations