Most countries have laws providing for the authorities to hold in custody people who are accused of illegal entry into the country or of violating the terms on which they have been permitted to remain. This type of custody is referred to as detention. In this guide we explain the grounds on which it may […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Migration and refugee rights,
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. […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Migration and refugee rights,
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Migration and refugee 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,
