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Right to Information Training Manual for the Maldives

Right to Information Training Manual for the Maldives
17 December 2025. Today, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is launching its Training Programme on the Right to Information for Maldivian Information Officers and Senior Management: Participants’ Manual, in English and Divehi, the language of the Maldives. The nearly 100-page document is designed to build understanding about the

Report on Sustainable Development Goal 16, Gender Equality and Social Development

Report on Sustainable Development Goal 16, Gender Equality and Social Development
12 November 2025. Today, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with other civil society organisations which make up the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 Data Initiative, is launching a report on the role of SDG 16 in supporting gender equality and thereby advancing social development, SDG 16

Submission on the International Financial Corporation’s Access to Information Policy

Submission on the International Financial Corporation’s Access to Information Policy
28 October 2025. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, is currently reviewing its Sustainability Framework, which includes its Access to Information Policy (ATI Policy). The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), in collaboration with several other civil society organisations, has prepared a

What We Do


The Centre for Law and Democracy believes in a world in which robust respect for all human rights underpins strong participatory democracy at all levels of governance – local, national, regional and international – leading to social justice and equality.

We work to promote, protect and develop those human rights which serve as the foundation for or underpin democracy, including the rights to freedom of expression, to vote and participate in governance, to access information and to freedom of assembly and association.

CLD works collaboratively with NGOs around the world, on a consultancy or small project basis, to carry out projects aimed at boosting respect for key human rights. Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have a project which you feel might benefit from our specialised legal and policy expertise.