Freedom of information: a comparative legal survey

Highlights recent changes in the legal recognition of the right to freedom of information.

From the book:

The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of development practitioners, civil society, academics, the media and governments. What is this right, is it really a right and how have governments sought to give effect to it? These are some of the questions this book seeks to address, providing an accessible account of the law and practice regarding freedom of information, and an analysis of what is working and why.

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167 pages; PDF.

Source: UNESCO

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