Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
…according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws. For more detailed FOI statistics for the UK see the annual report from the Cabinet Office which has breakdowns by individual department.
Paris Agreement 2016
The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It deals mainly with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020. An agreement was negotiated by representatives of 195 countries in Paris in December 2015. It was signed on 22 April […]
2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Just Published by U.S. State Department this annual report which gives a world overview of trends and individual country reports. Sections include civil liberties, worker’s rights and discrimination. Interesting to compare with Freedom House annual Freedom in the World Ranking. Hurisearch – the human rights search engine is good for locating recent documents. It indexes […]
Refugees Deeply
Independent digital media journalism site which aims to cover the refugee crisis indepth. Other independent journalism sites on this topic which are worth checking. Migrants Files An award winning data journalism website coordinated by Journalism ++ with input from 15 nations. It aims to offer data driven stories about the migrant crisis in Europe to […]
Cybervault- How is the US government involved in cyberhacking/ defence and war?
National Security Archive based at George Washington University has just launched this new specialist site to reveal and monitor the activities of the US government concerning cyberspace. This includes hacking, monitoring, defence and cyberwarfare. Access the text of several hundred documents, many released through Freedom of Information requests. See the launch blog posting for details […]
Government launches new EU Referendum website
See the new site which has provoked such a controversy. It includes the leaflet recommending remaining in the EU.
African Integrity Indicators Launched
The 2016 indicators have recently been released by Global Integrity. They cover rule of law, accountability, elections, public management, civil service integrity, access to information and openness. It is possible to se country files and view the methodology. Other useful indicators on this topic include: The Ibrahim Index of African Governance which is up to […]
How to end the ‘UK’s role as a safe haven for corrupt individuals, their allies and assets’
A new publication from Transparency International which explores the role of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and complicity in the Panama Papers affair.
Republican nomination delegate calculator
The New York Times have created a delegate calculator for the battle to be the Republican presidential candidate. The calculator allows you to simulate how the race between Donald Trump and his rivals may unfold.
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