Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: Courts Impose Excessive Limits on Power of...
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) expressed deep disappointment in the recent decision of the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court to deny the Canadian province’s information commissioner the...
View ArticleUNESCO and Centre for Law and Democracy Launch Free Online Course on Access...
UNESCO and the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) have launched the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Access to Information Laws and Policies and their Implementation, looking at how to access...
View ArticleHappy International Right to Know Day
Today, 28 September 2022, is the 20th anniversary of International Right to Know Day, recognised formally by the United Nations as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). First...
View ArticleGuides on making requests for information at the World Bank and the...
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and Bank Information Center (BIC) have launched two user-friendly Guides on making requests for information at the World Bank and the International Finance...
View ArticleCanada: CLD Submission to the UPR on the Right to Information
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with the Centre for Free Expression (CFE), the Canadian Institute for Information and Privacy Studies (CIIPS) and Democracy Watch, made a...
View ArticleMexico: Global Community Calls on Senators to Appoint Information Commissioners
The lead oversight body for access to information in Mexico, the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI), is currently unable to function because...
View ArticleMyanmar: Baseline Study on Access to Information Post-Coup
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and the Hope Organization launched a baseline Study on Access to Information in Myanmar: Changes in How Health CSOs Access Information. The Study, which relied on...
View ArticleMaldives: Note on the Right to Information Act
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is has launched its Note on the Right to Information (RTI) Act of the Maldives. Originally prepared to support a planned official review of the RTI Act, which may...
View ArticleZambia: Analysis of New Access to Information Act
On 15 December 2023, Zambia finally signed its Access to Information Act into law, following years of public debate about the importance of such legislation. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is...
View ArticlePanama: Note on the Transparency and Access to Public Information Bill
A new right to information (RTI) Bill was presented to Panama’s National Assembly in August 2023 but was then withdrawn the following month due to civil society pressure. At the request of local civil...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Note on the new Law on the Right of Access to Information
Kyrgyzstan adopted a new Law on the Right of Access to Information which entered into force in January and which replaced the earlier, 2007 right to information (RTI) law. The Centre for Law and...
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