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The BHRRC is an organisation dedicated to business and human rights. They have a lot of key information and databases on their online Business and Human Rights Knowledge Hub. This is a vital resource if you want to take legal action against a business. They have a group of researchers and advocates across the world […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Business and human rights,
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.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
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.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
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.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal research sources,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
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.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Right to information,
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.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Right to information,
A lengthy report which is focused on European data protection decisions, but which also includes coverage of FoI cases.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
A list of important decisions by America’s senior court on the U.S. FoI Act, published by a non-profit association. Focused on cases of relevance to journalists, but helpful guidance for more general use.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
The SAHRC has the primary enforcement role for South Africa’s FoI legislation, amongst other important mandates. It describes itself as “the national institution established to support constitutional democracy.. committed to promote respect for, observance of and protection of human rights for everyone without fear or favour.”
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
The full text of South Africa’s primary FoI legislation. Notably this allows for access to records and data held by private as well as public bodies.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
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