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A critical analysis of journalists’ freedom of expression and access to information while reporting on COVID-19 issues: A case of selected Arab countries
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, volume 20, issue 2 (2022), pp. 193-212
"The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which Arab Governments limited freedom of expression and access to information for journalists while they reported on COVID-19-related issues. Design/methodology/approach: Focus group discussions were conducted with 20 journalists from Egypt
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Cookbook for Youth-Led Accountability
Development Alternative (2022), 55 pp.
"This is a ‘cookbook’ full of ingredients to design and implement youth-led accountability initiatives. The content is based on research, evidence and learning documented on a programme called the Development Alternative, a consortium of youth and international development organisations that cam
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"UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for the West Africa-Sahel region presents the activities on communication and information programme between 2020/2021. The topics were: freedom of expression and security for journalists, media for crisis and emergencies and conflicts, media education and univer
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"O presente relatório propôs, através de uma análise de transparência passiva e ativa, um diagnóstico quanto à transparência e a garantia do direito de acesso à informação pública de saúde, em período sensível de calamidade no Brasil - a pandemia do novo coronavírus. O contexto de in
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"Chapter 1, by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), presents an overview of indicators from the Global State of Democracy Indices, which provide complementary indicators to measure progress on SDG Targets 16.3; 16.5, on reducing corruption and brib
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"[...] el libro propone un diálogo a partir de tres categorías, a saber: 1) las limitaciones al acceso a la información y sus impactos en la vida política; 2) el régimen jurídico de la comunicación; y 3) los medios de comunicación y la representación política. Esta perspectiva, nos ayuda a
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Unlocking the Investigative Potential of Freedom of Information Acts
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2021), 27 pp.
"Experts say having a law for access to public information is important to enhance public transparency, but it’s only the starting point in the battle against state secrecy. How can journalists benefit from such laws and why should the news media care about it? This paper is divided into four part
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Fighting Misinformation and Defending Free Expression During COVID-19: Recommendations for States
Access Now (2020), 20 pp.
"In this paper, we provide recommendations for protecting freedom of expression and opinion and the right to impart and receive information to enable governments to fight the COVID-19 health crisis in a rights-respecting manner. There will be an aftermath to the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures go
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Bangladesh Right to Information (RTI) Survey 2019
Washington, DC: World Bank (2020), viii, 123 pp.
"The Right to Information (RTI) Survey was conducted between January and March of 2019. The survey was split into five segments: a) a survey among 768 Designated Officers (DOs) in 64 districts, b) a survey among 768 Heads of Office covering both government and non-government organizations (NGOs) in
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Maintaining Human Rights During Health Emergencies: Brief on Standards Regarding the Right to Information
Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2020), iii, 24 pp.
"• General public health emergency legislation should not allocate broad discretion to public authorities to limit the right to information through subordinate legal rules but should, instead, subject this to a requirement that any restriction is either “necessity” or “strictly required by t
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Transparent for Whom? Dissemination of Information on Ghana's Petroleum and Mining Revenue Management
Journal of Development Studies, volume 56, issue 12 (2020), pp. 2135-2153
"The dominant transparency narrative in policymaking attributes a key role to the public: once citizens gain information, they are predicted to use it to demand better resource governance. Whether the public receives the available information in the first place, however, has not been scrutinised in
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Situación de la transparencia y acceso a información en el sector de hidrocarburos: Análisis de portales web
La Paz: Fundación Jubileo (2020), 35 pp.
"Este estudio, nuevamente, evidencia que existen grandes debilidades en la implementación de políticas de transparencia y acceso a la información por parte de las instituciones relacionadas directa e indirectamente con el sector hidrocarburos; por tanto, para contribuir con su mejora se recomiend
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Acceso a la información pública: Guía práctica de peticiones
Espacio Público; El Pueblo Pregunta (2020), 27 pp.
"Este manual plantea los conocimientos esenciales sobre el derecho al acceso a la información, cómo materializar su exigencia, así como los conceptos y procedimientos necesarios para realizar una solicitud de información adecuada en forma y contenido. A través del proyecto El Pueblo Pregunta, E
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Situating Open Data: Global Trends in Local Contexts
Cape Town: African Minds (2020), xiii, 243 pp.
"This book provides empirical accounts to understand the situatedness of open data along the following themes: 1) open data practices; 2) the local implementation of global trends; and 3) open data ecosystems. Many chapters in this volume simultaneously address several of these themes. The thematic
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Direito á informação em África: Manual para jornalistas
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC); Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2019), 75 pp.
"Este manual de formação visa alargar os conhecimentos dos participantes sobre o direito à informação; estimular uma interpretação do direito à informação como ferramenta para o jornalismo de investigação; desenvolver a capacidade dos participantes na promoção do direito à informaçã
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The Right of Access to Information: An Important Step in the Fight Against Corruption in Morocco?
KAS International Reports, issue 4 (2019), pp. 52-63
"Morocco is no stranger to the global problem of corruption and the associated lack of public trust in the country’s administration. Public pressure, especially during the Arab Spring, resulted in a constitutional amendment in 2011 and people being given the right of access to information. Citizen
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