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Las manos en la data: Usos y abusos de la información pública
Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 200 pp.
El acceso a la información pública y la participación ciudadana en las entidades fiscalizadoras superiores (EFS): Guía de buenas prácticas
Buenos Aires: Asciación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC); Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ) (2008), 34 pp.
"Las prácticas y experiencias sobre acceso a la información y participación ciudadana que se reseñan en este documento reflejan ciertos avances hacia un fortalecimiento del sistema de control, lo que resulta imprescindible para una gobernabilidad incluyente. Sin embargo, el relevamiento indica t
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Access to Information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment
London; Buenos Aires: Article 19; Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) (2007), 36 pp.
A Guide to Measuring the Impact of Right to Information Programmes: Practical Guidance Notes
Key Guides
Oslo: UNDP, Bureau for Development Policy (2006), 29 pp.
"This Guide complements the Practical Guidance Note on Right to Information, which provided guidance on approaches for designing and implementing programmes in this area. It builds on this knowledge, and focuses on the monitoring and evaluation of those programmes, paying particular attention to the
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Implementing Access to Information: A Practical Guide for Operationalising Freedom of Information Law
New Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), revised ed. (2006), 32 pp.
Access to Information: Building a Culture of Transparency. Jamaica
Atlanta: Carter Center (2006), vi, 150 pp.
"In passing and implementing the Access to Information Act 2002, Jamaica has established a new and more open form of governance and accomplished what many other countries are still attempting. The Act, which provides citizens an enforceable right to official documents held by public authorities, is
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Transparency and Silence: A Survey of Access to Information Laws and Practices in Fourteen Countries
Deep Insights
New York: Open Society Institute (2006), 188 pp.
"This report records and analyzes the results of a study in which partners of the Justice Initiative in 14 countries filed a total of 1,926 requests for information. In each country, seven different requesters twice submitted up to 70 questions to 18 public institutions. Requesters included NGOs, jo
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El camino hacia el derecho de acceso a la información: Bolivia
Atlanta: Carter Center (2006), vi, 88 pp.
El estado de los derechos de la información y de la comunicación en Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Espana, México, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay y Venezuela: Informe 2004
Lima: Asociación Iberoamericana de Derecho de la Información y de la Comunicación (AIDIC); Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), 2nd ed. (2005), 272 pp.
The Private and the Public in the Media: Regulation and Implementation in Slovenia
Ljubljana: Peace Institute (2005), 110 pp.
"This book is divided into three main parts. In the first part, I speak about one important human right long neglected in Slovenia: the right to obtain information [...] The second part is dedicated to the right to privacy and the mechanisms of its protection when it is invaded, unjustifiably or dis
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Information and Governance: A Guide
Berne: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2004), 22 pp.
"The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) regards this brochure as a document for discussion and orientation on the growing importance of information – and especially access to information – in international development cooperation. This document seeks to establish a framework for
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Right to Information: Practical Guidance Note
UNDP (2004), 39 pp.
"This Practical Guidance Note aims to: heighten awareness and knowledge within UNDP country offices (COs) on right to information generally and right to information legislation specifically; assist COs by providing practical information and guidance for right to information legislation programming;
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Right to Information in West Africa
Brussels; Accra: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2004), 43 pp.
"The evidence of the Ghana and Nigeria experiences suggests that prospects of realising the right to information are more propitious if the challenge is civil society led and driven. The successful passage of a right to information act in any one country should also provide the necessary impetus for
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Freedom of Information: Training Manual for Public Officials
London: Article 19 (2004), 92, 22 pp.
"This manual for public officials is designed as a resource for officials who want to adopt administrative practices that conform to the best standards of freedom of information. It should help them to make their work and procedures more professional, which will increase the public’s trust in and
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Civil Society and Right to Information: A Perspective on India's Experience
Oslo: UNDP (2004), 52 pp.
"Conceptually, there are three stages in the promotion of a right to information regime: pre-legislation stage; during drafting stage; and post-legislation stage. Civil society in India has played a role in all the three stages. Accordingly, this paper examines how civil society has 1. brought about
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