by CLD_WPE | May 7, 2024 | News & Reports
Kyrgyzstan adopted a new Law on the Right of Access to Information which entered into force in January and which replaced the earlier, 2007 right to information (RTI) law. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) has updated its assessment on the RTI Rating, which...
by CLD_WPE | Jan 15, 2024 | News & Reports
A new right to information (RTI) Bill was presented to Panama’s National Assembly in August 2023 but was then withdrawn the following month due to civil society pressure. At the request of local civil society groups, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) prepared an...
by CLD_WPE | Dec 20, 2023 | News & Reports
On 15 December 2023, Zambia finally signed its Access to Information Act into law, following years of public debate about the importance of such legislation. The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is today pleased to launch publicly its Analysis of the Access to...
by CLD_WPE | Oct 23, 2023 | News & Reports
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) is has launched its Note on the Right to Information (RTI) Act of the Maldives. Originally prepared to support a planned official review of the RTI Act, which may now be on hold, CLD has disseminated the Note in the hope of...
by CLD_WPE | Aug 14, 2023 | News & Reports
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and the Hope Organization launched a baseline Study on Access to Information in Myanmar: Changes in How Health CSOs Access Information. The Study, which relied on a survey of 60 CSOs operating in Myanmar, assessed the state of...