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"This guide follows a regional conference hosted by FAIR during September 2012 in Nairobi (Kenya) where more than 40 journalists, editors and media representatives discussed issues around ‘War on Terror in East Africa: security, elections and transparency. The programme also combined regional case ... more
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more

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 ... more
"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 ... more

Training Journalists for Accountability in Argentina

In: Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action
Sina Odugbemi; Taeku Lee (eds.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), pp. 139-149

Media in Africa: Twenty Years After the Windhoek Declaration on Press Freedom

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2011), 190 pp.
"What has been the state-of-play for African media in the 20 years since the historic Windhoek Declaration of 1991 which gave rise to World Press Freedom Day every 3 May? And what can be expected over the next decade? More than 70 commentators illuminate the trajectory in a range of contributions in ... more

Freedoms in Iraq: An Increasingly Repressive Legal Net

Washington, DC: IREX;Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2011), 41 pp.
"This report reviews five pieces of legislation affecting the freedoms of assembly and expression that have been introduced in recent years in Iraq. Of these, only one, the Journalists Rights Law (Journalist Law), has actually been passed into law, in August 2011. The other four – the draft Commis ... more

Negotiating Communication Rights: Case Studies from India

New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2011), xxi, 252 pp.
"This book, through five case studies in India, explores communication rights movements here. It encompasses pivotal areas of movements, such as, Right to Information, Free and Open Source Software, Women and Media, and Community Radio and Citizen Journalism. The complexity of specific agendas in In ... more

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 ... more

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 ... more

Guía para periodistas: Como optimizar el control de la gestión pública

Buenos Aires: Periodismo Social Asociación Civil;Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) (2009), 45 pp.
"Esta guía realizada en conjunto por Periodismo Social, Poder Ciudadano, Asociación por los Derechos Civiles, se propone como una herramienta indispensable para los profesionales que deben enfrentarse diariamente con políticos y funcionarios públicos en los distintos momentos de la vida democrá ... more

Manual para el acceso a la información

Bogotá: Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2009), 91 pp.