IAPA ADVOCACY CENTER INC

THE INTER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION (IAPA) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND NEWSPAPERS, BROADCAST AND DIGITAL MEDIA. IAPA RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ITS MEMBERS, DONATIONS FROM THIRD PARTIES, AND DOES NOT ACCEPT FUNDS FROM GOVERNMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION: 1 - HAS UNDERTAKEN MORE THAN 700 MISSIONS TO 22 COUNTRIES IN WHICH MORE THAN 2,200 OF ITS MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED, TO SUPPORT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OF THE PRESS AND STAND UP TO TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS OR GROUPS OF WHICHEVER POLITICAL ORIENTATION; FROM PERN TO MADURO, FROM CASTRO TO PINOCHET. 2 - CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF LIBEL LAWS, THE ELIMINATION OF CONTEMPT LAWS, MANDATORY LICENSING AND OTHER REGULATIONS THAT RESTRICT A FREE PRESS. 3 - CONTRIBUTED TO LEGISLATION REGARDING OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION, THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF NEWS SOURCES AND THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF STATE ADVERTISING; AS WELL AS MECHANISMS TO PROTECT THE FREE PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM, AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS TO CURTAIL THE IMPUNITY OF CRIMES AGAINST REPORTERS. 4 - ORGANIZES THREE CONFERENCES A YEAR: GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN OCTOBER, MID-YEAR'S MEETING IN MARCH, AND SIPCONNECT IN JULY, THE LATTER EVENT FOCUSED ON DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND NEW BUSINESS MODELS. 5 - SENDS INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS TO COUNTRIES TO INVESTIGATE IN SITU ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS AND CHALLENGES GOVERNMENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICAL LEANING ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF PRESS FREEDOM. 6 - MONITORS THE SITUATION OF PRESS FREEDOM IN COUNTRIES ACROSS THE AMERICAS THROUGH REGIONAL DELEGATES AND EVALUATE TWICE YEARLY BY ISSUING REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS. INTERACTS WITH THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOVERNMENTS ABOUT VIOLENCE AND CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS. 7 - PRESENTS AMICUS BRIEFS TO INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COURTS. 8 - RANKS COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO THEIR LEVEL OF PRESS FREEDOM IN LEGAL AND JUDICIAL MATTERS THROUGH THE CHAPULTEPEC INDEX. 9 - PROMOTES PRESS FREEDOM THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND WITH PUBLIC EVENTS SUCH AS SIGNING THE CHAPULTEPEC DECLARATION, ALREADY ENDORSED BY MORE THAN 80 HEADS OF STATE AND POLITICAL LEADERS. 10 - ORGANIZES NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES WITH LEGISLATORS, MAGISTRATES, JUDGES, STUDENTS AND JOURNALISTS ABOUT LAWS AND DECISIONS THAT AFFECT PRESS FREEDOM. 11 - PARTICIPATES IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, CONFERENCES AND DISCUSSIONS BEFORE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 12 - EMPOWERS AND WORKS WITH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL COLLEAGUES' INSTITUTIONS. 13 - TRAINS PROFESSIONALS THROUGH FACE-TO-FACE WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS, SEMINARS AND ONLINE COURSES. 14 - SINCE 1954 IAPA HAS AWARDED POST-GRADUATE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS TO MORE THAN 400 YOUNG JOURNALISTS. 15 - ENCOURAGES JOURNALISM BY ANNUAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE, AND HIGHLIGHTS PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHAPULTEPEC DECLARATION. 16 - ADMINISTERS CLAEP, AN ACCREDITATION SYSTEM DEDICATED TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE EXCELLENCE IN UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM TEACHING. 17 - PUBLISHES BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND ESSAYS ON PRESS FREEDOM; ONE APP AND ONE WEBSITE IN THREE LANGUAGES; A BI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE, HORA DE CIERRE; AND AN ONLINE DAILY NEWSLETTER WITH INFORMATION ON THE NEWS INDUSTRY. FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENTS: 1950: JOURNALISM ETHICS CREED, ADOPTED IN NEW YORK. 1950: LETTER ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, ADOPTED IN NEW YORK. 1994: CHAPULTEPEC DECLARATION ON PRINCIPLES OF PRESS FREEDOM, ADOPTED IN MEXICO. 2008: LETTER OF ASPIRATIONS ON JOURNALISM RESPONSIBILITIES, ADOPTED IN MADRID, SPAIN. 2018: SALTA DECLARATION ON PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE DIGITAL AGE, ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS, GOVERNMENTS, MEDIA AND INTERMEDIARIES. ADOPTED IN SALTA, ARGENTINA.