The Safety of War Correspondents Applied to the First Chechen War

This thesis deals with the safety of war correspondents, especially during the first Chechen war. In the beginning of a theoretical part, I describe the conflict from a historical perspective. I mention its precedence, course and aftermath. Then I describe the war through the eyes of war correspondents, who had witnessed the war and described their experience in books. I am also concerned with a development of the protection of the war correspondents. I mention laws, declarations and studies that have dealt with their safety both in the 20th century and in recent years. Furthermore, based on a research of the literature I examine the preparation courses for military conflicts, safety rules and equipment that they had during wars. I primarily focus on the conflict in Chechnya. An analytical part is based on interviews with three Czech journalists who worked in the first Chechen war. I talked with them about safety rules that they had followed, facilities that they had been provided with, their financial situation, and overall problems that they had had to deal with. The journalists were supposed to compare the conditions under that they had been working with the ones of their foreigner peers. I also asked them how they had psychically recovered from the war experiences. The agenda is also..