By Toby McIntosh The World Bank is “deeply concerned” about severe restrictions placed on freedom of speech concerning statistics in Tanzania, according to a World…
Livingstone Sewanyana, the second Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, has made the transparency,…
UNESCO is going back to the drawing board after its proposed “lite” approach to measuring implementation of access to information laws was criticized as being…
The gnarly subject of how to measure the implementation of access to information laws will be the subject a UN-sponsored meeting in Paris on Sept.…
By Toby McIntosh The International Maritime Organization Council has agreed that documents from its meetings will be released after three years, according to an IMO…
By Toby McIntosh The International Maritime Organization Council has taken two limited steps to improve access to IMO documents. One change will allow IMO members…
Australia and 10 other governments are urging the International Maritime Organization to consider being more transparent. Their specific proposal is a confidential document, pursuant to…
By Toby McIntosh The United Nations agency charged with overseeing ocean shipping significantly limits access to documents and severely restricts press coverage of its meetings.…
By Toby McIntosh The International Maritime Organization conducts mandatory “audits” to evaluate whether member states are implementing and enforcing of maritime laws and conventions, but these…
By Toby McIntosh The International Maritime Organization lacks a comprehensive policy governing access to information. Instead, the IMO has a one-page chart. The absence of…