INTERNET SITES

 

 

FreedomInfo.org. Largest collection of national FOI laws  http://freedominfo.org/

 

Open Society Justice Initiative. Another useful collection of national FOI laws http://www.justiceinitiative.org/activities/foifoe/foi/foilaws

 

OSCE analysis of each European FOI statute. http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/osce-reports.pdf 

 

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Privacy International, FOI resources. http://pi.gn.apc.org/issues/foia/_index.html

 

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, FOI page. http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/programs/ai/rti/rti.htm

 

Access Info Europe. http://www.access-info.org/

 

Alasdair Roberts’ FOI website. http://www.aroberts.us/

 

Article 19 – Global Campaign for Free Expression. http://www.article19.org/

 

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. http://www.cjfe.org/

 

Freedom of Information Advocates Network. http://www.foiadvocates.net/

 

Huntingdon College FOI page  http://fs.huntingdon.edu/jlewis/FOIA/FOIAlinks.htm

 

Global Accountability Project   http://www.oneworldtrust.org/?display=project&pid=10

 

International Freedom of Expression Exchange. http://www.ifex.org/

 

European FOI news page. http://www.wobsite.be/index.php

 

Access Info. http://www.access-info.org/

 

Transparency International – Canada.  http://www.transparency.ca/

 

WikiFOIA network site. http://wikifoia.pbwiki.com/

 

Institute for Information Law, Amsterdam  http://www.ivir.nl/publications/freedom-of-information.html

 

Access to Information Program, Europe  http://www.aip-bg.org/index_eng.htm

 

Global Transparency Initiative  http://www.ifitransparency.org/

 

Public Affairs Centre, Right to Information  http://www.pacindia.org/issues/right-to-information

 

IFEX – International FOI exchange

http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/archivefeatures/20/offset/1675

FOI in the European Union. http://www.statewatch.org/foi/foi.htm

Statewatch, monitor of civil liberties in Europe  http://www.statewatch.org/

 

European FOI portal of Walter Keim  http://aitel.hist.no/~walterk/wkeim/foi.htm

 

Democracy Watch, Ottawa   www.dwatch.ca

 

Canadian Newspaper Association http://www.cna-acj.ca

 

British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA). www.fipa.bc.ca

 

 

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STATUTE LINKS

 

 

I have posted these four laws here because they are not readily accessible elsewhere:

 

 

Indonesia’s FOI law - The Law Regarding Transparency of Public Information, 2008   (In English)

 

                                                                                                                                                             

Jordan’s FOI law – Law on Securing the Right to Information Access, 2007  (In English)

 

 

Nicaragua’s FOI law -  Ley de Acceso a la Informacion publica, 2007 (In Spanish)

 

 

Guatemala’s FOI law -   Ley de Acceso a la Informacion publica,  Sept. 2008 (In Spanish)

 

 

 

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