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,
Some inspiring case studies which illustrate the powerful ways in which people have wrought social changes by pursuing information requests.
Content type: Legal Areas
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,
This is the complaint in an important lawsuit filed 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 […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
These are the grounds on which a number of claimants seek to challenge the UK government’s refusal to alter the 2050 emissions targets under the 2008 Climate Change Act. The claimants rely upon changes since 2008 in climate change science and international climate change policy in order to argue that the government’s refusal to set […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
If you are trying to find information about an action or decision by the public authorities in your country: you may be able to find that information already available on a public register or website as part of a document published by state authorities as information provided to state authorities the FoI laws in your […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
This short guide is designed to assist in preparing for taking and taking witness statements. It gives examples of good and less good statements
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
In this section we outline the issues that you may want to consider in preparing to make requests for information held by the state: Who can request information from public authorities? What kind of information can you request? How do you decide which entities to ask? Should you make one request, or multiple requests?
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
In this section we outline the types of situation in which information requests can be refused legitimately.
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
