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 recognised under both international law and the Sri Lankan Constitution as a human right. Sri Lanka’s Right to Information Act, which dates from 2016, is among the strongest RTI laws…

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 recognised under both international law and the Ghanaian Constitution. Ghana’s RTI law, the Right to Information Act, dates from 2019 and is a fairly strong RTI. An assessment of the…

Overview: The Maldives Right to Information Act was adopted in 2014 ranks among the stronger RTI laws globally, according to the respected RTI Rating. A decade after the adoption of the law, Transparency Maldives and the Information Commission took stock of implementation by undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the Law, relying on…

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…

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…