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Government Secrecy in an Information Age: 2013 Report on Open & Secretive Public Institutions in Southern Africa
Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 130 pp.
"This study carried out between May and June 2013, seeks to establish levels of transparency in public institution in Southern Africa. The study in currently in its fourth year, and findings highlight the difficulties faced by Southern African when trying to seek, access and receive information from
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Access to Information in Africa: Examining Progress Since the APAI Declaration
Windhoek: African Platform on Access to Information (APAI); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 91 pp.
"Out of the twelve countries surveyed, only four have specific access to information laws. These countries are: Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. However, a significant indication of the shifting tide on the continent is that six of the countries surveyed have some form of specific access to
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The Right to Information and Privacy: Balancing Rights and Managing Conflicts
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), viii, 44 pp.
"The right to privacy and the right to information are both essential human rights in the modern information society. For the most part, these two rights complement each other in holding governments accountable to individuals. But there is a potential conflict between these rights when there is a de
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Libertad de información: ¿Tres palabras inofensivas? Leyes de acceso a la información y rol de la prensa
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), 58 pp.
"El documento identifica las diferentes maneras a través de las cuales los actores del campo periodístico—ya sean periodistas, editores o propietarios de medios de comunicación—se han comprometido en la promoción, implementación y monitoreo de la legislación de acceso a la información pú
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Das Jahrzehnt der Informationsfreiheit in Afrika?
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 5 pp.
"Informationsfreiheit ist in Verfassungen, Gesetzen und internationalen Konventionen verankert. Die Ausübung dieses Rechts stößt jedoch in Subsahara-Afrika vielerorts an enge Grenzen – der Trend zu mehr Offenheit auf dem Papier setzt sich im politischen Alltag zumeist nicht fort. Als politische
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Proactive Transparency: The Future of the Right to Information?
Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2010), v, 51 pp.
"This paper identifies four primary drivers of proactive disclosure throughout history. The first is the need to inform the public about laws and decisions and the public’s right to be informed, to know their rights and obligations. The second is the public’s demand for the information needed to
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Access to Knowledge: A Guide for Everyone
Kuala Lumpur: Consumers International, Regional Office for Asia Pacific and the Middle East (2010), 133 pp.
"Access to knowledge (A2K) is the umbrella term for a movement that aims to create more equitable public access to the products of human culture and learning. Fields of advocacy that it subsumes include most centrally copyright and patent law reform, open access, open data and open standards, but al
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Manual para el acceso a la información
Bogotá: Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2009), 91 pp.
The Right to Information in Latin America: A Comparative Legal Survey
Quito: UNESCO (2009), vii, 176 pp.
Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed., revised and updated (2008), 156 pp.
"This book is meant to present the basics of freedom of information or right to information, defined as the universal right to access information held by public bodies. It presents in an easy-to-understand and non-technical fashion the basic principles of freedom of information, such as maximum disc
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El acceso a la información pública y la participación ciudadana en las entidades fiscalizadoras superiores (EFS): Guía de buenas prácticas
Buenos Aires: Asciación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC); Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ) (2008), 34 pp.
"Las prácticas y experiencias sobre acceso a la información y participación ciudadana que se reseñan en este documento reflejan ciertos avances hacia un fortalecimiento del sistema de control, lo que resulta imprescindible para una gobernabilidad incluyente. Sin embargo, el relevamiento indica t
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