Implementation : Information Commissions
RTI laws in some countries provide for the setting up of an Information Commission as the ultimate appellate and oversight body overseeing implementation and oversight of the law.
National Level RTI : Archives
Activities & Advocacy The University Grants Commission as a follow up to the implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 is going to release a draft RTI policy guideline for universities.
National Level RTI : Legislation
Status of the Right to Information Bill The draft bill on right to information has been posted on the government portal at http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php.There is also posted on the portal a Q & A that assists the public to have a quick glimpse of the bill.
First Ever All-Women RTI Workshop in J&K Highlights Growing Need for Right to Information in the State
23 March, 2016 By Manisha Chachra The first ever Right to Information (RTI) workshop for women in Jammu and Kashmir was held this week.
State Level RTI : Jammu and Kashmir
Law The Jammu and Kasmir Right to Information Act 2009 was passed by the State Legislature and it received the assent of the Governor on 20 March 2009.
Reforming Kenya's Counter-Terrorism Strategy: What Should the Commonwealth Do?
18 March, 2016 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich On the night of 4th May 2015, around 9:00 pm, 48-year-old Affey Ali was sitting outside his home in Shalatey village, Wajir County, in North East Kenya, when men in military fatigues approached him and ordered him to lie face down.
National Level RTI
The right to information campaign in India began with the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan ( MKSS) movement to bring in transparency in village accounts via the demand for minimum wages in rural India.
Modi government rejected 8.4% applications in 2014-15: Central Information Commission
NEW DELHI: In its first year in power at the Centre, the Narendra Modi government has rejected the most number of applications under Right to Information Act. The rate of rejection of RTI applications by central ministries and departments has climbed to 8.
What We Do
Legislative Advocacy Facilitating the effective entrenchment of the right to access to information in member states and the institutions of the Commonwealth is one of the key aims of CHRI's RTI Program.
Can the Commonwealth Become a Normative Power It Wants to Be? Reflections on Leadership and Closer Links with Civil Society
15 March, 2016 By Uladzimir Dzenisevich In 2009, the Royal Commonwealth Society did a Commonwealth-wide survey to gather views about the association.