Maria
Baron, freedominfo.org editorial board member and transparency
advocate in Argentina, has embarked on a project to
study parliamentary transparency in 20 countries around the world,
to determine its essential elements as well as to document the
diverse approaches to transparency in the countries selected.
As part of its re-launch, freedominfo.org has posted the full
legislative transparency reports for three countries (Argentina,
Chile, and Sweden).More
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Since
2002, freedom of information advocates around the world have been
working together to promote the right of access to information
for all people and recognize the benefits of transparent and accountable
governments. We use this day as a way to share ideas, strategies
and success stories about the development of freedom of information
laws and genuinely transparent governance. More >>
More and more countries are guaranteeing citizens' right to know,
even while the United States has erected new barriers to openness,
writes freedominfo.org's Thomas Blanton in a column appearing
in the October 11, 2003 International Herald Tribune.
In
the July/August 2002 issue of Foreign Policy, Thomas Blanton
examines the global trend toward freedom of information.
"Making
good use of both moral and efficiency claims, the international
freedom-of-information movement stands on the verge of changing
the definition of democratic governance. The movement is
creating a new norm, a new expectation, and a new threshold
requirement for any government to be considered a democracy."
Thomas
S. Blanton, "The World's Right to Know," Foreign
Policy, July/August 2002.
Background,
documents, news, and links related to freedom of information
in more than 65 countries (*) Click
on a country name below for background, resources, news,
and more.
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Note - For purposes of this compilation, we have included separate
pages for national entities with federal freedom of information
laws, regardless of whether or not these entities are formally
designated as "countries."
