Twenty years after the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom
Twenty years after the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom
Twenty years after the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom
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The globe gets it:<br />
Access to Informati<strong>on</strong> is advancing<br />
By David Banisar<br />
David Banisar is Senior Legal Counsel<br />
for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> human rights group, Article 19:<br />
Global Campaign for Free Ex<strong>press</strong>i<strong>on</strong><br />
(www.article19.org). He has worked <strong>on</strong><br />
informati<strong>on</strong> policy and human rights for<br />
nearly two decades, covering privacy,<br />
<strong>freedom</strong> of ex<strong>press</strong>i<strong>on</strong>, whistle-blowing,<br />
cyber-crime and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> right to informati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
He has served as an advisor and<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sultant to numerous organisati<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
and is author of numerous articles in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
area, including “Linking ICTs, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Right<br />
to Privacy, Freedom of Ex<strong>press</strong>i<strong>on</strong> and<br />
Access to Informati<strong>on</strong>: Issues for African<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>s” in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> East African Journal of<br />
Peace & Human Rights, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2010.<br />
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1716969<br />
160 | Media in Africa - 2011<br />
* Not all nati<strong>on</strong>al laws have been implemented<br />
or are effective. See http://www.article19.org<br />
Dark: Comprehensive nati<strong>on</strong>al law enacted *<br />
White: No law or law not operative<br />
Dark: Comprehensive nati<strong>on</strong>al law enacted *<br />
White: No law or law not operative<br />
Dark: Comprehensive nati<strong>on</strong>al law enacted *<br />
Medium: Nati<strong>on</strong>al regulati<strong>on</strong> enacted<br />
Light: Current initiative to enact law<br />
White: No law or law not operative