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…
By Toby McIntosh The International Maritime Organization impedes media coverage of the agency with restrictive rules and the threat of revoking press credentials. Even for…
By Toby McIntosh As the International Maritime Organization makes policy decisions, on maritime safety, security or pollution, special interest organizations get access to draft proposals…
By Toby McIntosh A coalition of 67 civil society organizations has called for more transparency in the selection of a new United Nations High Commissioner…
By Toby McIntosh The United Nations Secretariat would like to create a “rigorous” access to information policy, according to Alison Smale, Under Secretary General for…