The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is a non-profit organisation working globally to promote foundational rights for democracies.

The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is a non-profit organisation working globally to promote foundational rights for democracies.

As the world enters the final stretch towards the 2030 Agenda, progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions remains off track, while major gaps in offici...

An international expert on right to information (RTI) is welcoming New Brunswick’s  goal of making its Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RTIPPA) one of the strongest laws of…

The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is a non-profit organisation working globally to promote foundational rights for democracies.

Join the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance for a panel discussion on the newest report from Dal Law's Policy Lab

The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is a non-profit organisation working globally to promote foundational rights for democracies.

Canada’s Place in a World of Democratic Retreat

Share The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center and the Centre for Law and Democracy have published a new joint report identifying key gaps in human rights jurisprudence on the right to freedom o...

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9 October 2025. The Canadian province of Nova Scotia rushed through a new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP Act) in just one week, without providing any opportunity for t…

Immediate withdrawal of the proposed Media and Broadcasting Commission Bill - Maldives

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20 May 2025. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) today released its analysis of proposed amendments to Puerto Rico’s Access to Information Act, in the form of Senate Bill 63. Rather than improvi…

15 April 2025. Last year, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) analysed media policies issued by two provisional governments with control over territory in Myanmar, namely the Media Code of Condu…

21 February 2025. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) today released its analysis of the impact on access to information of the omnibus Bill No. 1, An Act Respecting Government Organization and …

13 February 2025. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) today released its analysis of Nepal’s Social Media Act (Bill) 2081, which was tabled in parliament in late January 2025. The Bill has multi…

29 January 2025. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA), recently launched the report Maldives: Overview of the Environment for Med…

20 January 2025. Today, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists, is launching the report Malaysia: Media Law Reform Blueprint. The …

14 January 2025. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), an international human rights organisation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will host up to four interns for the summer of 2025. The position …

17 December 2024. Today, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with a number of other civil society organisations which make up the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 Data Ini…

29 November 2024. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) has made a submission to a public consultation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on their Draft Recommend…