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,
Today, a group of 25 plaintiffs, between 7 and 26 years old, are filing a legal action to demand that the national government protects their rights to a healthy environment, life, health, food, and water. They claim that the rampant deforestation in the Colombian Amazon and climate change are threatening these rights. This is the […]
Content type: News
Legal Topic: Climate change,
In some countries, special economic zones are created by the Government in which the usual legal safeguards do not apply. This can mean that farmers and land users are adversely affected, and that compensation is inadequate, partly because there is no market value against which compensation can be assessed. Criticism of Special Economic Zones There […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Land rights,
Land rights include the right to exclude others from coming onto or using your land. Disputes about land often involve questions as to “what is inappropriate use of land?”. Common causes of disputes include activities like: deforestation and logging ranching mining and other extractive industries dam construction growing fuel crops, palm oil, soya, or other […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Land rights,
There are many important rights to land which do not involve formal or documented ownership or title. There are a range of land rights that protect different uses of land. These include rights to: Live on the land Farm and grow food on the land Use the land for grazing and pasture of animals Growing […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Land rights,
Disputes often arise over who legally owns land. 2 key questions to ask are: Does the person who claims to own land really own it? Can they prove they own the land? Many conflicts over land ownership arise in a family context, where inheritance rights may be disputed.
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Land rights,
A suit was filed on 9 January 2018 in New York by the City of New York against a number of major oil companies. It seeks to hold them liable in respect of the cost of sea level rise/flood defences for the city, based on their conduct is causing or encouraging large scale emissions. This is not […]
Content type: News
Legal Topic: Climate change,
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,
