The U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that confers rights to access information from the U.S. federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens “in the know” about their government. Since any person – whether or not a US citizen – can avail themselves of most FOIA information […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Right to information,
A guide which explains tactics for demanding information held by UK public authorities. This is primarily intended for use by journalists, but it contains some useful tips which are of more general application.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Right to information,
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,
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,
