"Their impartiality will be completely protected," the source said.
Thus, Lloyd and Anderson take impartiality to be the key feature of objectivity, as does Lacey, "Impartiality is the 'rock bottom' component of the idea that the sciences are value free" (Lacey 1999, 78).
If the norms of objectivity and impartiality are breaking down, what is to distinguish the professional journalist from anyone with access to social media or a blog?
They cannot substitute for UN agencies, but their unequivocal neutrality and impartiality are assets to secure universal access to conflict zones and to remain credible.
In an early address to that body, he promised, "It shall be my constant aim, gentlemen of the Senate, to exhibit at all times, to every member of this body, the courtesy and impartiality which are due to the representatives of equal States".
Humanitarian assistance, which follows the principle of impartiality and neutrality, therefore has to be delivered in great confidentiality, through secret networks bound together by solidarity.
It has seldom, if ever, extended to equally important arguments around the fragility of democracy itself: to the notion that honesty, accuracy and impartiality are fundamental to the process of building and embedding informed, participatory societies.
This leaves the government to proceed on its own with trials that both Cambodian and foreign analysts say will not meet international standards of fairness and impartiality and are likely to spare most major figures.
My watchwords have to be "impartiality" and "neutrality".
Public confidence in their integrity and impartiality is essential to the rule of law.
