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{{Short description|Organization}}
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| founded_date = 1992
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| location = [[Toronto]], Canada
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| former name = International Freedom of Expression Exchange
| former name = International Freedom of Expression Exchange
| homepage = [http://ifex.org/ IFEX.org]
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'''IFEX''', formerly the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, is a global network of 95 independent non-governmental organisations<ref>{{cite web|title=IFEX Members|url=http://www.ifex.org/ifex_members/|publisher=IFEX|accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The safety of journalists: Why should you care?|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/in-focus-articles/2012/the-safety-of-journalists-why-should-you-care/|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref> working at the local, national, regional and international level to defend and promote [[freedom of expression]] as a fundamental human right.<ref name="What We Do">{{cite web|title=What We Do|url=http://www.ifex.org/what_we_do/|publisher=IFEX|accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref>
'''IFEX''', formerly '''International Freedom of Expression Exchange''', is a global network of more than 119<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-21 |title=A UN body is keeping NGOs locked out – states are pushing for reform - Geneva Solutions |url=https://genevasolutions.news/human-rights/a-un-body-is-keeping-ngos-locked-out-states-are-pushing-for-reform |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=genevasolutions.news |language=en}}</ref> independent [[non-governmental organisation]]s<ref name="IFEXON">{{Cite web|title=Our Network|url=https://ifex.org/members/|access-date=8 August 2022|website=IFEX|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The safety of journalists: Why should you care?|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/in-focus-articles/2012/the-safety-of-journalists-why-should-you-care/|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref> that work at a local, national, regional, or international level to defend and promote [[freedom of expression]] as a [[human right]].<ref name="What We Do">{{cite web|title=What We Do|url=http://www.ifex.org/what_we_do/|publisher=IFEX|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
IFEX was founded in 1992 in [[Montreal]], Canada, by a group of organisations responding to free expression violations around the world.<ref name="What We Do"/><ref>{{cite web|title=IFEX|url=http://rabble.ca/toolkit/ifex|publisher=Rabble|accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref>
IFEX was first proposed in 1992 in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada, by a group of 12 non-governmental organisations who met to discuss how they could collaborate on responding to free expression violations around the world. The meeting was organised by the Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists (now [[Canadian Journalists for Free Expression]]). Over the next four years, IFEX consolidated its structure, built outreach programs, and established a web presence. By 2007 IFEX had established strategic free expression campaigns and programmes, and {{asof|2021|lc=y}} IFEX has over 120 network members located in 62 countries worldwide.<ref name="IFEXON" />


==Operations==
==Operations==
The day-to-day operations of the organisation are run by the IFEX Secretariat based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The day-to-day operations of the organisation are run by IFEX staff based in Toronto, Canada, and managed by IFEX member [[Canadian Journalists for Free Expression]].<ref>{{cite web|title=IFEX Network|url=http://www.cjfe.org/programs/ifex|publisher=CJFE|accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFEX: Narrowing the Digital Divide: Increased Press Freedom Campaigning through ICT Capacity-Building|url=http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/content/ifex-narrowing-digital-divide-increased-press-freedom-campaigning-through-ict-capacity|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=13 November 2012}}</ref>


IFEX's mandate is to raise awareness by sharing information online and mobilising action on issues such as [[press freedom]], [[Internet censorship]], [[freedom of information legislation]], criminal [[defamation]] and [[insult]] laws, [[media concentration]] and attacks on the free expression rights of all people, including journalists, writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers, academics, scientists, [[human rights defender]]s and Internet users.<ref name="What We Do"/>
IFEX's mandate is to raise awareness by sharing information online and mobilising action on issues such as [[press freedom]], [[Internet censorship]], [[freedom of information legislation]], criminal [[defamation]] and [[insult]] laws, [[media concentration]] and attacks on the free expression rights of all people, including journalists, writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers, academics, scientists, [[human rights defender]]s and Internet users.<ref name="What We Do"/>


==Campaigns and advocacy==
==Campaigns and advocacy==
IFEX works with its members by creating and participating in advocacy coalitions and working groups and releasing joint statements and petitions.
IFEX works with its members by creating and participating in advocacy coalitions and working groups and releasing joint statements and petitions.


In 2011, IFEX launched the [[International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists|International Day to End Impunity]] campaign. In 2013, the United Nations designated 2 November as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.
In 2011, IFEX launched the [http://www.daytoendimpunity.org International Day to End Impunity], marked annually on 23 November.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nachawati|first=Leila|title=International Day to End Impunity: Join the Campaign|url=http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/11/international-day-to-end-impunity-join-the-campaign/|publisher=Global Voices Advocacy|accessdate=13 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|title=End the culture of impunity – don't let journalists' murders go unpunished|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/nov/14/journalist-safety-press-freedom|work=Greenslade Blog|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=17 November 2012|location=London|date=14 November 2012}}</ref> In a report to the Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression,<ref>{{cite web|title=UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression|url=http://ifex.org/international/2012/02/29/idei_results/|accessdate=17 November 2012}}</ref> [[Frank La Rue]] welcomed IFEX's declaration of the day.<ref name="Twentieth session, Agenda item 3">{{cite news|title=Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue|url=http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?m=85|accessdate=17 November 2012|newspaper=United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council|date=4 June 2012}}</ref>
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The [[Tunisia Monitoring Group]] (IFEX-TMG), launched in 2004 by 21 IFEX members to raise awareness of censorship and other human rights violations in [[Tunisia]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Tunisia Monitoring Group|date=31 May 2010 |url=http://ifex.org/tunisia/tmg/|publisher=IFEX-TMG|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref> is IFEX's largest campaign to date. IFEX-TMG was dissolved in January 2013 in response to improved conditions for local NGOs, [[media independence]] and free expression rights.


In 2015, Francisco Medina, brother of two journalists murdered in Paraguay in 1997, went before the United Nations (UN) to speak out against the "deterioration of freedom of expression in his country".<ref>{{cite web|title=Brother of murdered journalist reports on situation in Paraguay before United Nations|date=11 November 2015 |url=http://panorama.ridh.org/brother-of-murdered-journalist-reports-on-situation-in-paraguay-before-united-nations/|access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref> The deputy executive director of IFEX, Rachael Kay, also attended in support of Medina.
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The [[Tunisia Monitoring Group]] (IFEX-TMG), launched in 2004 by 21 IFEX members to raise awareness of censorship and other human rights violations in [[Tunisia]]<ref>,{{cite web|title=Tunisia Monitoring Group|url=http://ifex.org/tunisia/tmg/|publisher=IFEX-TMG|accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref> is IFEX's largest campaign to date. IFEX-TMG was dissolved in January 2013 in response to an improved conditions for local NGOs, media independence and free expression rights.

To mark the 2020 [[International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists|International Day to End Impunity]] on 2 November 2020, IFEX launched its Faces of Free Expression illustration series, profiling over 90<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archives: Faces of Free Expression |url=https://ifex.org/faces/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=IFEX |language=en-US}}</ref> free-expression advocates working in countries across the globe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facing up to Impunity|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/facing-up-to-impunity/ar-BB1aCtwN|access-date=2021-07-15|website=msn.com}}</ref> The [[Pittsburgh]], US-based nonprofit [[International Free Expression Project]] created a physical exhibit of the series in Pittsburgh to celebrate the 2021 [[World Press Freedom Day]] on 3 May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Unshuttered voices: A collaboration, an exhibit and a call to action|url=https://theshiftnews.com/2021/05/18/unshuttered-voices-a-collaboration-an-exhibit-and-a-call-to-action/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=theshiftnews.com|language=en}}</ref> The exhibit ran until 4 July 2021.


==Online information==
==Online information==
IFEX brings attention to free expression stories and events through its website, e-newsletters and special reports. The content is available in multiple languages (English, French, Spanish and Arabic), and addresses pressing free expression stories. The website hosts a searchable online archive of free expression violations going back to 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=IFEX programme for freedom of expression training and communication support|url=http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/content/ifex-programme-freedom-expression-training-and-communication-support|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=13 November 2012}}</ref>
IFEX brings attention to free expression stories and events through its website, e-newsletters and special reports. The content is available in multiple languages (English, French,<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFEX - The global network defending and promoting free expression |url=https://ifex.org/fr/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=IFEX |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Spanish<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFEX - The global network defending and promoting free expression |url=https://ifex.org/es/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=IFEX |language=es-ES}}</ref> and Arabic<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFEX - The global network defending and promoting free expression |url=https://ifex.org/ar/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=IFEX |language=ar}}</ref>), and addresses pressing free expression stories. The website hosts a searchable online archive of free expression violations going back to 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=IFEX programme for freedom of expression training and communication support|url=http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/content/ifex-programme-freedom-expression-training-and-communication-support|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Tunisia Monitoring Group]]
* [[International Day to End Impunity]]
* [[Freedom of speech]]
* [[Freedom of speech]]
* [[Freedom of the press]]
* [[Freedom of the press]]
* [[Internet censorship]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.ifex.org/}}
*{{Official website|https://ifex.org/}}

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Latest revision as of 20:42, 28 July 2024

IFEX
Founded1992
TypeNon-profit NGO
FocusFreedom of speech
Location
Area served
Worldwide
MethodAdvocacy
Members120 independent organizations worldwide
Websiteifex.org
Formerly called
International Freedom of Expression Exchange

IFEX, formerly International Freedom of Expression Exchange, is a global network of more than 119[1] independent non-governmental organisations[2][3] that work at a local, national, regional, or international level to defend and promote freedom of expression as a human right.[4]

History

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IFEX was first proposed in 1992 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by a group of 12 non-governmental organisations who met to discuss how they could collaborate on responding to free expression violations around the world. The meeting was organised by the Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists (now Canadian Journalists for Free Expression). Over the next four years, IFEX consolidated its structure, built outreach programs, and established a web presence. By 2007 IFEX had established strategic free expression campaigns and programmes, and as of 2021 IFEX has over 120 network members located in 62 countries worldwide.[2]

Operations

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The day-to-day operations of the organisation are run by the IFEX Secretariat based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

IFEX's mandate is to raise awareness by sharing information online and mobilising action on issues such as press freedom, Internet censorship, freedom of information legislation, criminal defamation and insult laws, media concentration and attacks on the free expression rights of all people, including journalists, writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers, academics, scientists, human rights defenders and Internet users.[4]

Campaigns and advocacy

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IFEX works with its members by creating and participating in advocacy coalitions and working groups and releasing joint statements and petitions.

In 2011, IFEX launched the International Day to End Impunity campaign. In 2013, the United Nations designated 2 November as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), launched in 2004 by 21 IFEX members to raise awareness of censorship and other human rights violations in Tunisia,[5] is IFEX's largest campaign to date. IFEX-TMG was dissolved in January 2013 in response to improved conditions for local NGOs, media independence and free expression rights.

In 2015, Francisco Medina, brother of two journalists murdered in Paraguay in 1997, went before the United Nations (UN) to speak out against the "deterioration of freedom of expression in his country".[6] The deputy executive director of IFEX, Rachael Kay, also attended in support of Medina.

To mark the 2020 International Day to End Impunity on 2 November 2020, IFEX launched its Faces of Free Expression illustration series, profiling over 90[7] free-expression advocates working in countries across the globe.[8] The Pittsburgh, US-based nonprofit International Free Expression Project created a physical exhibit of the series in Pittsburgh to celebrate the 2021 World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2021.[9] The exhibit ran until 4 July 2021.

Online information

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IFEX brings attention to free expression stories and events through its website, e-newsletters and special reports. The content is available in multiple languages (English, French,[10] Spanish[11] and Arabic[12]), and addresses pressing free expression stories. The website hosts a searchable online archive of free expression violations going back to 1995.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A UN body is keeping NGOs locked out – states are pushing for reform - Geneva Solutions". genevasolutions.news. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Our Network". IFEX. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. ^ "The safety of journalists: Why should you care?". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b "What We Do". IFEX. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Tunisia Monitoring Group". IFEX-TMG. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Brother of murdered journalist reports on situation in Paraguay before United Nations". 11 November 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Archives: Faces of Free Expression". IFEX. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Facing up to Impunity". msn.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Unshuttered voices: A collaboration, an exhibit and a call to action". theshiftnews.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  10. ^ "IFEX - The global network defending and promoting free expression". IFEX (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  11. ^ "IFEX - The global network defending and promoting free expression". IFEX (in European Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  12. ^ "IFEX - The global network defending and promoting free expression". IFEX (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  13. ^ "IFEX programme for freedom of expression training and communication support". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
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