Right to Information - Literature
2007
Article 19, Access to Information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment, 2007 -
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/publications/ati-empowerment-right.pdf
Article 19, Guide for a campaign in favour of the right to access to information in Latin America, 2007 – http://www.article19.org/work/regions/latin-america/FOI/english/introduction/index.html
2006
John M. Ackerman and Irma E. Sandoval-Ballesteros, The Global Explosion of Freedom of Information Laws, Administrative Law Review, Vol. 58 No. 1, Winter 2006 - http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/programs/ai/rti/articles/admin_law_review_explosion_of_foi_2006.pdf
Article 19, Online Training Course: Campaigning for Access to Information, 2006 - http://www.article19.org/pdfs/tools/foi-training-course.pdf
David Banisar, Freedom of Information Around the World 2006: A Global Survey of Access to Government Records Laws, Privacy International, 2006 - http://www.privacyinternational.org/foi/foisurvey2006.pdf
Global Transparency Initiative, Transparency Charter for International Financial Institutions: Claiming our Right to Know, 2006 - http://www.ifitransparency.org/doc/charter_en.pdf
Jen Kalafut (ed.), Assessing World Bank Openness: A Transparency Scorecard, Global Transparency Initiative, September 2006 - http://www.bicusa.org/proxy/Document.9555.aspx
Catherine Musuva (ed.), Behind Closed Doors: Secrecy in International Financial Institutions, Global Transparency Initiative, 2006 - http://www.ifitransparency.org/doc/behindcloseddoors_secrecyinifis.pdf
Open Society Justice Initiative, Transparency and Silence – A Survey of Access to Information Laws and Practices in 14 Countries, 2006 – http://www.justiceinitiative.org/db/resource2/fs/?file_id=17488
Charmaine Rodrigues, Implementing Access to Information: A practical guide for operationalising freedom of information laws, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2006 - http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/rti/implementing_ati.pdf
Charmaine Rodrigues, Information Commissions: Roles & Responsibilities, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2006 – http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/rti/information_commissioners_roles_responsibilities.pdf
The Carter Center, Access to Information: Building a Culture of Transparency, 2006 - http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2364.pdf
Transparency International, Using the Right to Information as an Anti-Corruption Tool, 2006 - http://www.transparentnost.org.yu/aktivnosti/slobodan_pristup_inf/TI2006_europe_access_information.pdf
United Nations Development Programme, A Guide to Measuring the Impact of Right to Information Programmes, 2006 - http://www.undp.org/governance/docs/A2I_guides_righttoinfoimpact.pdf
2005
Article 19, Freedom of Information: Humanitarian Disasters and Information Rights – Legal and ethical standards on freedom of expression in the context of disaster response, 2005 - http://www.article19.org/pdfs/publications/freedom-of-information-humanitarian-disasters.pdf
Louise Krabbe Boserup, An Introduction to Openness and Access to Information, Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2005 - http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/docs/anox06/secure/july26/carlon_goldberg/26_carlongoldberg_reading1.pdf
2004
Article 19, Freedom of Information Training Manual for Public Officials, 2004 -
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/tools/foitrainersmanual.pdf
David Banisar, The Freedominfo.org Global Survey: Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records around the World, 2004 -
http://www.freedominfo.org/documents/global_survey2004.pdf
Open Society Justice Initiative, Access to Information Monitoring Tool: Report from a Five-Country Pilot Study, 2004 - http://www.justiceinitiative.org/db/resource2/fs/?file_id=16791
United Nations Development Programme, Right to Information Practical Guidance Note, 2004 - http://www.undp.org/governance/docs/A2I_Guides_RighttoInformation.pdf
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Anti-Corruption Tool Kit, Chapter 4: Social Prevention, Tool 19: Access to Information, 2004 - http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/corruption/toolkit/AC_Toolkit_chap5.pdf
Paul F. Uhlir, Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Governmental Public Domain Information, UNESCO, 2004 - http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/unesco_govinfo.pdf
2003
David Banisar, Freedom of Information and Access to Government Record Laws around the World, 2003 –
http://www.freedominfo.org/survey/survey2003.pdf
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Open Sesame: Looking for the Right to Information in the Commonwealth, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2003 -
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/chogm/chogm_2003/chogm%202003%20report.pdf
Megan Lloyd-Laney, Making Knowledge Networks Work for the Poor, 2003 - http://www.itcltd.com/docs/mknwp%20project%20final%20report.pdf
Toby Mendel, Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey, UNESCO, 2003 - http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001341/134191e.pdf
Roderick Macdonell, Access to Information: The Commercial Side, World Bank Institute, 2003 -
http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/march03/article.asp?id=196
Transparency International, Global Corruption Report 2003: Special Focus on Access to Information, 2003 – http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/download.shtml
World Bank, Do More Transparent Governments Govern Better: Better information flows means better governance, World Bank Research Working Paper 3077, 2003 - http://econ.worldbank.org/files/27369_wps3077.pdf
2002
Thomas Blanton, The World’s Right to Know, 2002 - http://www.freedominfo.org/documents/rtk-english.pdf
Alasdair Roberts,Structural Pluralism and the Right to Information, 2002 - http://www.aroberts.us/documents/chapters/Roberts_sprti_odac_2002.pdf
Theo Schilderman, Strengthening the Knowledge and Information Systems of the Urban Poor, DIFID, 2002 - http://www.itdg.org/html/shelter/docs/kis_urban_poor_report_march2002.doc
The Carter Centre, Access to Information, A key to democracy, 2002 -
http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/1272.pdf
2001
Article 19/ Centre for Policy Alternatives/ Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative/ Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, A Model Freedom of Information Law, 2001 - http://www.article19.org/pdfs/standards/modelfoilaw.pdf
Maurice Frankel, Freedom of Information and Corruption – paper for the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding integrity, The Campaign for Right to Information, 2001 - http://www.cfoi.org.uk/pdf/corruptionmf.pdf
Gopakumar Krisnan, Increasing Information Access to Improve Political Accountability and Participation: Mapping Future Actions in the Asia-Pacific, Public Affairs Centre - paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for the Asia Pacific, Tokyo Japan (November 2001) - http://www1.oecd.org/daf/ASIAcom/pdf/Krishnan_rev.pdf
Malcolm L. Russel-Einhorm, Strengthening Access to Information and Public Participation in Government Decision Making in Transition Countries, 2001 - www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/legal/Controladministration.doc
2000
Jeremy Pope, Transparency International Source Book, Chapter 24: The Right to Information, 2000 - http://www.transparency.org/publications/sourcebook
1999
Article 19, The Public’s Right to Know: Principles on Freedom of Information Legislation International Standard Series, Article 19, 1999 - http://www.article19.org/pdfs/standards/righttoknow.pdf
Toby Mendel, The Public’s Right to Know: Principles on Freedom of Information Legislation, Article 19, June 1999 - http://www.article19.org/docimages/512.htm
1998
Robert Martin and Estelle Feldman, Access to Information in Developing Countries (Working Paper), Transparency International, 1998 -www.transparency.org/working_papers/martin-feldman