Business can impact human rights in many ways. This section will help you decide if a business has impacted your human rights. Key Resource: Human Rights Translated 2.0: A Business Reference Guide This guide can give you more detail about what your rights are and how they might be abused by businesses. If you think […]
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Businesses are important to communities. They can provide investment, jobs and much needed services. But business does not always benefit people. Sometimes businesses harm people, communities and the environment. If a business harms your human rights, there are options for you to enforce your rights. You could take a case to court or try to […]
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a landmark opinion that equates environmental protection with human rights, a conclusion that could force countries in Latin American and beyond to tackle climate change more aggressively. The advisory opinion represents the first time the Inter-American Court has recognized a fundamental right to a healthy environment, a […]
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As noted in the section Who is a refugee?, to be considered a refugee one has to be: be outside his/her country of nationality, and have a well-founded fear of persecution, which is due to his/her race, religion, nationality, member of a particular social group or political opinion, and be unable or unwilling to return. […]
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Produced by the Constitution Unit of the UK’s University College London, this guide contains various examples of FoI requests, alongside tips and advice on pursuing demands for information helps by public bodies in the UK.
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Published by a group named WhatDoTheyKnow, this is a database containing hundreds of thousands of FoI requests to UK authorities, and the responses received from those bodies.
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A report by the U.S. Carter Center on specific instances of the application of Liberia’s Freedom of Information Act, signed into law on September 16, 2010.
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A lengthy but useful guide to FoI requests using U.S. legislation. Remember, you don’t have to be a U.S. citizen to use most of these rights to demand material from U.S. public authorities.
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A helpful and practical guide from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office that gives tips and advice on how to access information from a public body. Though it is UK-focused, the principles are applicable more generally.
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