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Access to Information: A New Promise for Sustainable Development
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 54 pp.
"The central aim of this study is to unpack the major trends in the field of access to information laws and their implementation. In order to understand the trends, the report examines the activities of trendsetters. It focuses on awareness-raising by UNESCO, Member State recommendations in the Univ
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Open Development: Access to Information and the Sustainable Development Goals
London: Article 19 (2017), 43 pp.
"This report reviews the current state of the right of access to information (RTI) across the world to provide a baseline for future assessments over the lifetime of the 2030 Agenda. It finds that there has been significant incorporation of the right in well over half of UN Member States. The right
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Supporting an Independent, Vibrant Media in Kazakhstan
In: OECD Integrity Scan of Kazakhstan: Preventing Corruption for a Competitive Economy
Paris: OECD (2017), pp. 275-296
"This chapter discusses the role of media in the Republic of Kazakhstan in combating corruption. First, it provides an assessment of the recently passed access to information legislation in the country as it relates to media's access to government information. Second, it analyses the extent to which
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"In diesem Beitrag wird kurz auf die Ursprünge des IFAI (Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos) sowie auf seine Zusammensetzung und Funktionsweise eingegangen. Im Licht aktuell vorgeschlagener Reformdiskussionen werden die Perspektiven der Institution aufgezeigt und i
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"The study finds an overall positive attitude about the benefits of the RTI Act and potentials of its use by the journalists as an effective tool for producing quality in-depth and investigative reports. An opinion prevails that the act has already created some good examples of curbing corruption an
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Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe
Top Insights
Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2015), x, 552 pp.
"This is a book about free speech narratives. Stories about how imagination and rational thinking in wildly different cultures capture, imagine, and conceptualize what freedom of speech means. 1989 and 2011 are only two recent (in historic perspective) turning points when freedom of speech and freed
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"The first section is dedicated to the definition of the concept of freedom of expression. First, international and regional texts are analyzed. Then, an overview of the bodies involved in the process of defining and protecting freedom of expression throughout the world is presented. The following s
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Right to Information and Media Laws in Pakistan
Islamabad: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) (2015), iii, 19 pp.
South Africa’s Protection of State Information Bill: What Are the Lessons Learned for Africa?
KAS International Reports, issue 4 (2014), pp. 23-35
"The highly debated Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) in South Africa represents the first attempt of a sub-Saharan African country to create security legislation which is not based on Colonial law. It can be assumed that this law will have a significant impact on similar legislative refo
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Legal Leaks Toolkit: A Guide for Journalists on How to Access Government Information
Key Guidance
Madrid; Berlin: Access Info Europe; N-ost Netzwerk für Osteuropa-Berichterstattung (2014), 85 pp.
"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 for their stories. The toolkit is for journalists making requests in their own
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From Secrecy to Common Knowledge: The Right to Information in Serbia and Bulgaria
KAS International Reports, issue 4 (2014), pp. 8-22
Breathing Life Into Freedom of Information Laws: The Challenges of Implementation in the Democratizing World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 56 pp.
"This report is intended to be a practical, useful guide for stakeholders in national and local governments, the media, civil society, and business to making freedom of information laws work. The authors’ particular emphasis is on the role public officials and journalists must play in effectively
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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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Digital Media Law
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell (2010), ix, 352 pp.
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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