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The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) is an international association of nonprofit organisations that support, promote, and produce investigative journalism. GIJN holds conferences, conducts trainings, provides resources and consulting, and encourages the creation of similar nonprofit groups. It was founded in 2003. Provides a signpost to a wide range of resources for investigative journalism which are […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general), Right to information,
Security in-a-Box is a website which provides activists with advice and tips on security of information – principally digital information. The website covers such topics as: Protect your device from malware and hackers Protect your information from physical threats Create and maintain secure passwords Protect the sensitive files on your computer Recover from information loss […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
Natural Justice is an international NGO facilitating the legal empowerment of Indigenous peoples and local communities. Natural Justice takes its name from the legal principle that people should be involved in decisions that affect them. Accordingly, we assist communities to engage with legal frameworks to secure environmental and social justice. Natural Justice works in the […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) is a non-profit human rights organisation. We work with communities, social movements, individuals and other non-profit organisations in South Africa and beyond to develop and implement strategies to challenge inequality and realise socio-economic rights. SERI is a registered public interest law centre and Law Clinic. The litigation […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
This is a study by and for the public interest legal services sector. It was implemented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI), which is one of the nation’s leading public interest law NGOs, with a significant track record of human rights research and collaborative work with a wide array of actors within […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
Objective of this study: To study the origin of the concept of Public Interest Litigation. To study the evolution and development of Public Interest Litigation in India To discuss the instances of successful adjudication of rights of people through the advent of Public Interest Litigations in India To study the cases of misuse of Public […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
Community Activists and Leaders You are not a lawyer, but you know the problems facing your local community. Going to court is probably not something you would consider as a viable means of fighting for community rights. You might think that court actions are only concerned with personal grievances or complaints. But public interest litigation […]
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In the American struggle for social justice, public interest litigation has played an indisputably important role. Yet over the past three decades, critics from both the left and right have challenged its capacity to secure systemic change. This analysis of PIL theory and practice as practiced in the United States looks at the challenges facing […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),