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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is a global union federation of journalists' trade unions—the largest in the world. The organization aims to protect and strengthen the rights and freedoms of journalists. It is also dedicated to working for solidarity, social justice, labor rights, globalization, democracy, human rights, and fighting poverty and corruption. First founded in Paris in 1926, the federation was relaunched twice in 1946 and in 1952. Today, the IFJ represents around 600,000 members in more than 100 countries. The main office is located in Brussels, Belgium. Its official languages are English, French, and Spanish The IFJ states that "The IFJ is the organisation that speaks for journalists within /.../ the international trade union movement."〔(ifj.org )〕 But it claims that they do "not subscribe to any given political viewpoint". Full membership is open to journalists' trade unions only. Other national organisations of journalists that are devoted to media freedom may be admitted as associate members. The IFJ has regional groups, such as the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) which organizes the ''Labour Rights Expert Group'' (LAREG) and the ''Authors' Rights Experts Group'' (AREG), the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), and the Federation of Latin American Journalists (FEPALC). It has regional offices in Africa, the Asia-Pacific Region, and Latin America. The IFJ is a founding member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, a global network of non-governmental organisations that monitors press freedom and free expression violations worldwide, and defends journalists, writers, Internet users, and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The IFJ was also a founder in 2003 of the media safety coalition the International News Safety Institute. The IFJ launched the Ethical Journalism Initiative〔(ethicaljournalisminitiative.org )〕 in 2008, a global campaign to defend standards and to raise awareness of the importance of quality journalism.〔For a full account see the book on the initiative 〕 Furthering quality in journalism is also the aim of a study on media diversity conducted by the Media Diversity Institute〔(media4diversity.eu )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://media-diversity.org/en/ )〕 in which the IFJ was involved. The study identified "the most significant and/or innovative initiatives taken by or about the media to combat discrimination and/or to promote diversity"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.media4diversity.eu/en/content/more-study )〕 The President of International Federation of Journalists, Mr. Jim Boumelha, is member of the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization. ==Monitoring journalists killed worldwide== Since 1990, the IFJ has published an annual report which documents cases of journalists and media staff killed during the course of each year. It uses the information to campaign for greater safety for journalists, particularly local and freelance reporters and support staff who lack the resources to protect themselves in conflict zones. The annual reports are archived on the website.〔(ifj.org )〕 With the same aim, Reporters without Borders publishes a "barometer of press freedom" to draw attention to journalists, media assistants or netizens killed or imprisoned.〔(rsf.org ), December 16, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Federation of Journalists」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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