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» The Access Initiative - A global network that promotes access to information, participation, and justice in environmental decision-making. Includes background information, a blog, resources, and an events calendar.




» Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey - Study by Toby Mendel of UNESCO. Covers international standards and trends, features of an FOI regime, chapters on individual countries, and a comparative analysis. [PDF]




» Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet) - An international information-sharing network of organizations and individuals working to promote the right of access to information. Includes list of members, details of "Right to Know Day", news, events, and resources.




» freedominfo.org - A one-stop portal that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom-of-information advocates around the world.




» India - Right to Information Act - Information about the act, guides for organisations and information seekers, and the text of a review of the act carries out by PricewaterhouseCoopers.




» Ireland - Office of the Information Commissioner - Site of the official charged with overseeing compliance with the FOI act in Ireland. Includes details of the regulations, a list of public bodies, details of how to make an information request or a review by the commissioner, and decisions and court judgements related to the act.




» Open Government - A journal on Freedom of Information. Includes information for authors, and free full-text access to the online archive.




» Open Government Records - Software for creating freedom of information (FOI) and Access to Information (ATI) repositories. These repositories offer many options to researchers who use freedom of information. Includes a number of repositories for Canadian information.




» Overview of all 90 FOIA Countries & Territories - Report by Dutch author Roger Vleugels. Provides a listing all the countries known to have implemented Freedom of Information laws, with dates of introduction, links to the legislation, and statistics on the numbers of requests made per year. [PDF]




» Panopticon - A blog about information law, maintained by 11KBW’s Information Law Practice Group.




» Wikipedia: Freedom of Information Legislation - Encyclopedia article about FOI laws around the world.




» Wobbing - News and resource site that takes its name from a Dutch journalistic slang term meaning to obtain documents through Freedom of Information legislation.

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