Joint submission by ARTICLE 19, SUPRO, Mass Line Media (MMC) and Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) providing an analysis of Bangladesh’s (Draft) Right to Information Ordinance 2008.

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

Joint legal analysis by ARTICLE 19, the Federation of Nepali Journalists and Freedom Forum of Nepal’s Right to Information Act based on international law and best practice in the field of freedom of information.

Comments on the existing Public Information Policy (PIP) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

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

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.

Note summarising ARTICLE 19’s main comments on the draft Measure for Public Environmental Participation. The note focuses on the provisions in the Measures that relate to the disclosure of 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.

Analysis of Nepal's draft Right to Information Bill – 2063 against international standards in the area of access to information.

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.

Memorandum analysing the draft Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Access to Information against international standards.

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.

Memorandum on the draft law to give the right of access to information in the Cayman Islands.

Comment comparing the draft Law on Freedom of Information of Mongolia to international law and standards.

Draft Freedom of Information Bill for Southern Sudan presented by ARTICLE 19 in March 2006 to the southern Minister of Information, to be considered for adoption.

Memorandum on Kenya's Freedom of Information Bill.

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.'

Memorandum on Jordan's draft law on Guarantee of Access to Information.

Statement of support on Sierra Leon's draft Access to Information Bill.

Note on the proposed draft freedom of information bill of Sierra Leone.

Commentary on the exceptions regime in the International Financial Corporation's draft Policy on Disclosure of Information.

Memorandum analysing the draft Bill on Freedom of Information at the request of the Association of Investigative Journalists.

Memorandum on the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat's draft Information Disclosure Policy.

Memorandum analysing two drafts of the Argentinian Access to Public Information Law, one prepared by the Senate (Senate Law) and one by the Deputies Chamber (Deputies Law).

Memorandum analysing the proposal for a draft law on access to information, including suggestions for improvement to increase transparency and accountability in public life.

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

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).

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

Memorandum analysing the Law on Principles of and Guarantees for Freedom of Information (also available in Russian through our Russian publications page).

Memorandum analysing the Access to Information Bill (Bill No. 7), as published by the Ugandan Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting in April 2004.

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 draft 'Access to Information Bill' against two key ARTICLE 19 publications, 'The People's Right to Know: Principles on Freedom of Information Legislation' and 'A Model Freedom of Information Law.'

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.

Memorandum on the the Ugandan draft Access to Information Bill, 2004.

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 analysing the Working Paper on the Proposed Right to Information Act 2002, which was circulated for comment in 2002-2003.

Memorandum analysing the draft Bill on Access to Sources of Information, prepared by an NGO coalition, against international standards.

Memorandum analysing the draft Access to Public Information Law, prepared by members of the Freedom of Expression Forum in 2002.

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.

Memorandum analysing the draft Public Information Act prepared by the Nepalese Law Reform Commission in 2003.

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 Right to Information Bill circulated by the Ministry of Information for public comment.

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”

Comments on Draft Philippine Freedom of Information Law.

Comments on the draft Sri Lankan Freedom of Information Law.

Letter analysing concerns held by ARTICLE 19 and others regarding the Bank's proposed Disclosure Policy.

Letter with recommendations to increase transparency in the Policy on Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information.

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

Note on the draft Freedom of Information Rules for implementing the Pakistani Freedom of Information Ordiance.

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 Law of Mongolia on Freedom of Information.

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”.

Review of the Inter-American Bank's Information Disclosure Policy.

Memorandum analysing the 2003 Draft Law on Free Access to Information.

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

Memorandum on the draft Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on “Principles and Guarantees of Freedom of Information”.

Memorandum on the Federal Government of Pakistan’s Freedom of Information Ordinance.

This memorandum analyses the draft law establishing freedom of information.

Memorandum on the 'Pre-dictamen’ proposals to regulate the right to access to public information enshrined in the Peruvian Constitution.

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

Memorandum analysing the draft Law on Access to Information and the Protection of Privacy at the request of Transparency International's Costa Rican branch.

Memorandum on the Mexican draft Federal Act on Access to Public Information.

Memorandum on the Editors Guild of Sri Lanka's Official Freedom of Information Act, 2001.

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

Review of the World Bank’s Policy on Information Disclosure requesting the establishment of an independent appellate body to hear refusals to disclose information.

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

Review of the World Bank’s Policy on Information Disclosure.

Memorandum on India's Freedom of Information Bill of July 2000.

Memorandum on the he Federal Government of Pakistan’s Ordinance to provide for transparency and freedom of information.

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

Memorandum assessing the draft Law on Access to Public Information for compliance with international standards on freedom of expression and access to information.

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

Memorandum on Nigeria's Freedom of Information Bill.

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 analysing the draft Freedom of Information Bill 1998 and supporting its demonstrated commitment to open government, democracy, and human rights.

Memorandum on the Republic of Serbia Public Information Law.

An analysis outlining why the early introduction of freedom of information legislation is necessary and how such laws might be implemented in Malawi