Overview: The right of individuals to access information held by the government or public authorities, commonly referred to as the right to information (RTI), is recognized under both international law and the Afghan Constitution as a human right. Afghanistan’s current Access to Information Law (ATI Law), adopted in 2018, ranks as the strongest such law…
As noted in the text of the Methodology, there are six different assessment tools, namely desk-based literature reviews, other desk-based reviews, key informant interviews, self-assessments, office visits and RTI request testing. This planning document aims to help those running the assessment to plan the application of these different tools, given their cross-cutting use in different…
As of today, well over 120 countries around the world have laws giving individuals the right to access information held by public authorities, often called right to information (RTI), freedom of information (FOI) or access to information (ATI) laws. These laws are widely recognized as giving effect to the international human right to information, as…
Overview: From 2002 to 2019, Pakistan has made considerable strides in terms of RTI legislation. The implementation, however, has remained week. Many factors can be attributed towards this slow pace of implementation. This include indifferent, sometimes hostile, external environment, low motivation of public authorities, old culture of secrecy where asking question has always taken as…
The Protocol for RTI Request Testing This assessment tool involves making one or more RTI requests for information to each of the public authorities which have been selected for review. The first issue to be decided here is what information to ask for from the various public authorities. The following considerations should be taken into…