Press release on the Council of Europe formally refusing to make public details of its plans to adopt, on 27 November, the much-criticised Convention on Access to Official Documents.

Press release on how the public are kept in the dark on world’s first international treaty on access to information.

Letter urging the Council of Europe to give further time to reconsider the draft Convention on Access to Official Documents in light of heavy criticism from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Press Release regarding the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adapting unanimously a resolution expressing concern that the world’s first treaty intended to guarantee public access to information had significant flaws

Joint breifing note outlining the seven main outstanding concerns with the draft European Convention on Access to Official Documents.

Report on access to environmental information in Ukraine entitled "For Internal Use Only: Is Post-Chernobyl Ukraine Ready for Access to Environmental Information".

Response by ARTICLE 19 to the European Union's Green Paper on the review of Regulation 1049/2001, on public access to documents.

Report highlighting the importance of access to comprehensive and accurate information in post-conflict societies such as Abkhazia.

Second briefing by ARTICLE 19 and two other NGOs with observer status on the Council of Europe's Group of Specialists on Access to Official Documents, containing recommendations and comparative background material for the drafting of a treaty in the area of access to information.

Submission to the UK Department for Constitutional Affairs (now the Ministry of Justice) in response to the consultation on the Draft Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2007.

Note discussing the need for a new mechanism to ensure respect for the right to freedom of expression, as guaranteed under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and providing suggestions on potential working methods and the relationship with existing mechanisms.

Memorandum providing ARTICLE 19’s main comments and recommendations on the draft Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro (draft Constitution), inasmuch as it affects the right to freedom of expression and information.

Submission to the UK Department for Constitutional Affairs in response to the consultation on the Draft Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2007.

Submission to the UK Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Draft Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2007.

Briefing Note by the Global Transparency Initiative which sets out the views of the Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Public Information Policy.

Executive summary from "The Forbidden Zone: Environmental Information Denied in Russia". the report examines the Russian authority’s secrecy over environmental issues and demonstrates that thousands of people’s lives are consequently in serious danger.

Report which examines the Russian authorities' secrecy over environmental issues and demonstrates that thousands of people's lives are consequently in serious danger.

Briefing by ARTICLE 19 and two other NGOs with observer status on the Council of Europe's Group of Specialists on Access to Official Documents, containing recommendations and comparative background material for the drafting of a treaty in the area of access to information.

Statement of Support for a set of regulations drafted by Armenia's FOI Center to implement the Freedom of Information Law.

Memorandum on the draft law of Abkhazia on the right of access to information, prepared under the leadership of a group of Abkhazian NGOs.

Recommendations on Moldova’s draft law to promote participation and transparency in the decision making of public authorities.

Concise overview outlining twelve main concerns with respect to the December 2005 proposal for the 'Law on Free Access to Information of a Public Character.'

Flow chart to be used in conjunction with the Freedom of Information Training Manual for Public Officials.

Recommended amendments to the draft 'Law on Free Access to Public Information' (2005).

Report on freedom of information and the media in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Memorandum suggesting the inclusion of key principles of the general right to freedom of information in the official draft Law on Obtaining Information.

Memorandum analysing Macedonia's draft 'Law on Free Access to Information' (2004).

Trainers notes for use in conjunction with the Freedom of Information Training Manual for Public Officials.

This manual is intended as a training resource for use by trainers and participants undergoing training on freedom of information. It is aimed primarily at public officials, although the first section of the manual could also be used to introduce civil society organisations and journalists to the concept, principles and application of freedom of information.

Memorandum on the Serbian draft Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance.

Memorandum analysing the European Investment Bank's public information policy for consistency with international and European standards on freedom of expression and access to information.

Memorandum analysing the most recent draft Law on freedom of information, as prepared by the joint government and civil society working group (March 2004).

Memorandum on the Draft Law on Free Access to Information of Montenegro.

Letter to the Ministry of Justice explaining why it should not consider amendments to the existing Law on Freedom of Information that would restrict the freedom of information.

Memorandum assessing the draft law which seeks to rewrite the present law 'On Information' with the aim of developing a fully-fledged system of access to publicly held information.

Memorandum analysing the draft law on the protection of personal data against international standards on freedom of expression and information.

Comment on the Alternative Montenegrin Exceptions Proposal to the draft Law on Free Access to Information.

Memorandum analysing the draft Law on Freedom of Information, prepared by a working group consisting of both government and NGO representatives (English).

Memorandum on the draft Law On Introducing Changes to the Law of Ukraine ‘On Information’.

Memorandum analysing the draft 'Law on Free Access to Information of a Public Character' (2003).

Memorandum on Kosovo's “Draft Law on Access to Official Documents”

An updated briefing note on the amended Serbian draft Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance.

Memorandum analysing the draft Right to Access Information Act prepared by a group of NGOs which incorporates many of the recommendations set out in our April 2003 Note.

Memorandum on the Serbian draft Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance.

Note making recommendations for a joint statement, issued by the Croatian NGO movement, advocating for the introduction of legislation that will grant access to information.

Memorandum on the Draft Law on Free Access to Information of Montenegro.

Memorandum on the Russian Federal Law “On Access to Information Concerning Activities of Government Departments and Local Self- Government”.

This note comments on amendments made to the draft law on freedom of information after its first reading.

A survey of freedom of information law and practice in Central and Eastern Europe.

This memorandum analyses the draft law establishing freedom of information.

Memorandum analysing proposed amendments to the Access to Public Information Act.

Commentary on the draft Law on Freedom of Information of the Republic of Serbia.

Memorandum on the Romanian draft Law Regarding Access to Public Information.

Memorandum on the Romanian Law on Access to Information of Public Interest.

Memorandum on the draft Freedom of Information Act of the Slovak Republic.

Memorandum on Moldova's draft Law on Access to Information.

Memorandum analysing the draft Law on Access to Public Information.

Memorandum on the Lithuanian draft law on the Right to Receive Information.

Memorandum on aspects of the Moldovan draft law on Freedom of Information.

Memorandum on the Republic of Serbia Public Information Law.

Commentary on the report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee by the French government, as it relates to France's compliance with its obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.