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),
THE A4J PLATFORM Action4Justice is a global platform of civil society organisations who want to promote the use of legal action for social justice. This platform has 2 main parts. 1) HUB SITE You are now on the Hub Site. This is a global site which provides you with multi-jurisdictional and international information on: Your […]
Content type: Pages
GET IN TOUCH If you have any questions about Action4Justice please contact us via: website.pil@googlemail.com
Content type: Pages
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,
LANDESA Rural Development Institute is a non-profit organisation that partners with governments, NGOs and local organisations to secure land rights for the world’s poorest families with a particular focus on women’s land rights. They do this by working side by side with governments and other organisations to strengthen land rights for the landless poor – […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Land rights,
The Guttmacher Institute was founded in 1968 and researches global sexual and reproductive health rights across the globe in an effort to advance those rights for everyone. The institution publishes two peer-reviewed journals: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. The non-governmental organisation believes that their varied research […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal research sources, Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Discrimination,
EarthRights International works at defending people’s human rights and the environment and has been protecting people and the planet for over 20 years. Establishing these as ‘Earth Rights’, EarthRights International works against earth rights abusers. Finding real solutions for real people. EarthRights combines runs in depth training programmes for community leaders and activists and brings […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Business and human rights, Civil and political rights, Corruption, Discrimination, Economic and social rights, Environment, Land rights, Public interest litigation (general), Right to information,
