Liberia

Name of law: Freedom of Information Act
First adopted: 2010
Last modified: n/a
RTI Rating last updated: n/a

Introduction

Liberia's law is one of the world's more recently passed right to information laws, after being approved in 2010. It is also one of the highest-scoring laws as the RTI rating methodology demonstrates that Liberia's lawmakers have laid the groundwork for a bold, progressive, and ambitious access regime. Key strengths include its perfect scope, which is further reinforced by a harm-tested exceptions regime that is compliant with international standards. Areas for further improvement include reducing timelines for responses to requests and strengthening independence-based safeguards for the administrative oversight body.

Local Expert: Malcolm Joseph