Objective.

This paper presents a critical review of the academic literature that studies the relationship between NGOs and mass media in human rights conflicts.

Methodology.

From a documentary review, as an assessment of the state of the art, the main approaches and theses of the literature are classified and analyzed.

Results.

It is argued that the academic literature has emphasized how information policy constitutes a modular repertoire of activism in defense of human rights, but maintains a bias in the analysis of international dynamics, organizations and mass media.

Conclusions.

There is a need to develop a research agenda that takes into account the processes and relationships between NGOs and mass media at the state level, in addition to rethinking this relationship in contexts of serious violence against journalists, in order to explain the possibilities and limits of the information policy.

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