News & Reports
Morocco: Analysis of Law No. 31-13 on the Right of Access to Information
https://www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Morocco.RTI_.Mar26.final_.pdfThe 2026 Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) analysis of Morocco’s Law No. 31-13 on the Right of Access to Information (available only in French) was prepared in the context of an upcoming parliamentary review of the current legislation. On CLD’s RTI Rating, which...
Philippines: Analysis of Draft Right to Information Bill
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) has submitted an assessment of the draft Philippine Act Enabling the People’s Constitutional Right of Access to Information (Right to Information or RTI Bill) to the House Committee on Public Information, as that Committee is...
Right to Information Training Manual for the Maldives
In 2025, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) launched its Training Programme on the Right to Information for Maldivian Information Officers and Senior Management: Participants’ Manual, in English and Divehi, the language of the Maldives. The nearly 100-page...
New Brunswick (Canada)
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) has prepared a Submission on New Brunswick’s Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The Act earns just 75 out of a possible 150 points, or 50%, on CLD’s RTI Rating, placing it among the weakest Canadian...
Prince Edward Island (Canada):
The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) has publicly launched its Submission on Prince Edward Island’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The Submission was provided in response to a call for public input into the review by the Legislative Assembly...
CSO Declaration Launched at the Berlin ICIC
This year, for the first time ever, civil society organisations (CSOs) held a parallel NGO Day event alongside the closed event for officials at the annual International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC), held in Berlin this year. Participants in the NGO...
