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Africa Freedom of Information Centre is a pan-African non-governmental organisation and resource centre that promotes the right of access to information through comparative research, coordinating regional advocacy, facilitating information-sharing and capacity building.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
The Access Initiative is a civil society network dedicated to ensuring that citizens have the right and ability to influence decisions about the natural resources that sustain their communities.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
Privacy International is a London-based organisation which advocates for privacy protections and surveillance safeguards in law and technology. It seeks to promote and defend privacy as the necessary counter-balance to modern power.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
Transparency International is a non-governmental organisation which seeks to combat corruption worldwide and prevent criminal activities arising from corruption.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
A UK-focused website resource by the Constitution Unit at University College London. Research, articles and surveys about the efficacy of FoI laws and procedures in the UK and internationally.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal research sources,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
A lengthy list of NGOs, information commissioners and other resources, compiled by Rights2Info
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
A helpful guide to the main considerations to be borne in mind when requesting information from public authorities
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Right to information,
LegalLeaks toolkit p44 Appeals mechanism in the OSCE region
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal research sources,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
An analysis which seeks to analyse the various aspects of the public interest as understood in a Freedom of Information context in numerous common law jurisdictions; to assist Freedom of Information decision-makers to apply the public interest test in considering exemption provisions in legislation which incorporates that test in one form or another. Freedom […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
LegalLeaks Guide for journalists on how to access government information This toolkit is designed for journalists working in any media – newspapers, radio, and television – as well as bloggers and other information professionals who need to get access to information held by public bodies.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Right to information,
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