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Summary: In anticipation of Right to Know Day, 28 September 2010, ARTICLE 19 today launches the Global RTI Index, a new tool to compare and contrast right to information laws, highlighting weaknesses and best practices. In the past decade, many new right to information (RTI) laws have been adopted across the world. Despite such a promising development, it is often difficult to know and assess how adequate these laws actually are. Following on from a successful 2009 pilot project in Mexico, ARTICLE 19 is releasing a revised methodology for testing national RTI legislation in order to make international comparisons. The Global RTI Index will assist in the evaluation of right to information laws across the globe in order to identify and better understand their structural strengths and weaknesses. It will offer advocates and policy makers at all levels the ability to compare legal provisions between countries and examine experiences to see what works best. ARTICLE 19 is releasing a draft of the model and indicators and calls on the global RTI community to provide comments before 31 October. ARTICLE 19 will then commence a global trial of the index based on 5 to 10 countries where we already have offices or projects.
• For more information please contact: David Banisar, Senior Legal Counsel, [email protected] +44 20 7324 2500 or Gabriela Morales [email protected], +(52 55)10 54 65 00