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Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) Foundation

The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a network of Member States and designated International Organizations committed to enhancing the legislative processes of individual countries, and to making their laws and legal decisions accessible to their citizens, legislators, government and private sector officials and others who relate to the country through international trade, and to participants in the global community generally.

Birth of the GLIN Foundation
The US Library of Congress created GLIN in 1996 and the United States supported it financially until 2012. Pursuant to budgetary constraints in the US, the GLIN operating system environment was shut down in 2012.
Purpose of the GLIN Foundation
The purpose of the GLIN Foundation is, among other things, to obtain funding and in-kind support necessary to the sustenance and development of the next generation GLIN Network and to help operate and expand the GLIN Database.
Status of GLIN2 Activities
The GLIN Foundation previously released a Request for Information to assist in the preparation of procurement package for the development of the next generation GLIN...
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Reports from the GLIN Foundation

Report from Latin America
October 12, 2021
The Latin American countries have the longest experience of GLIN where a considerable investment effort has gone to set up comprehensive programs aimed at building up access to legal informa...
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Report from Africa
October 12, 2021
In Africa, for the first time: (a) judges can learn about the law meant to govern their decisions; (b) the administrative offices of governments can see the rules they are required to apply;...
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Status of GLIN 2 Activities
October 12, 2021
The GLIN Foundation previously released a Request for Information to assist in the preparation of procurement package for the development of the next generation GLIN Network, to be known as ...
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