by PW4U_WPA | Jun 30, 2015 | News & Reports
There are significant discrepancies in protection for the right to information (RTI) in two countries in the Caribbean region. The RTI Rating found that the Cayman Islands’ Freedom of Information Law scored comparatively well, with 112 points out of a possible score...
by PW4U_WPA | Jun 30, 2015 | News & Reports
Across the country, Canada’s access to information systems have been stagnating for years with laws that are decades old and hopelessly out of touch with international standards. On June 1, Newfoundland and Labrador broke away from the pack, enacting Canada’s first...
by PW4U_WPA | Jun 30, 2015 | News & Reports
Tanzania: Analysis of Right to Information Bill The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) has prepared an analysis of Tanzania’s draft Access to Information Act, which was released by the government recently. The draft Act follows up on the Tanzanian government’s...
by PW4U_WPA | Mar 30, 2015 | News & Reports
Access Info Europe and the Centre for Law and Democracy launched a report providing an analysis of the results and trends in the global RTI Rating. A major finding of the report is that as international standards have developed laws have got stronger. At the same...
by PW4U_WPA | Mar 30, 2015 | News & Reports
In September 2014 CLD released an Analysis of the draft Kenyan Freedom of Information Bill, 2014, using the RTI Rating. Although the draft is relatively robust, scoring 105 points, it is significantly weaker than the version which was proposed in 2012. Click here to...
