Access to Information in Africa
Law, Culture and Practice
Fatima Diallo, African Studies Centre,Leiden and Richard Calland, University of Cape Town
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Biographical note
Fatima Diallo is a PhD affiliate in Legal Anthropology at the African Studies Centre, Leiden. As a Senegalese constitutionalist from Gaston Berger University, she is the deputy secretary of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers where she acted, for the past years, as the engine of the Access to Information Working Group. She was dedicated to monitor the network research agenda on governmental transparency and accountability.
Richard Calland is Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. In a recent Columbia University publication on measuring the impact of access to information, Professor Sheila Coronel described Calland as "a South African activist and academic who was one of the pioneers of the global Right to Information movement". In recent years, Calland convened the Access to Information Working Group of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers.
Richard Calland is Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. In a recent Columbia University publication on measuring the impact of access to information, Professor Sheila Coronel described Calland as "a South African activist and academic who was one of the pioneers of the global Right to Information movement". In recent years, Calland convened the Access to Information Working Group of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers.
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Anyone interested in transparency and accountability in Africa, and anyone concerned with the practice or study of access to information, or advocacy in support of the right in Africa.
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