Freedom of information laws by country (English Wikipedia)

For a comparison between Indian and British legislative efforts see British Council India's LEGAL eNEWS Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

access-info.org

"Statement by European RTI Community on the world's First Official Access to Information Day!". access-info.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
"The World's First Freedom of Information Act" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

access.gov.hk

"Code on Access to Information". Access.gov.hk. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

act.gov.au

legislation.act.gov.au

"ACT legislation register – Freedom of Information Act 1989 – main page". Legislation.act.gov.au. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

admin.ch

Federal Act on Freedom of Information in the Administration of 17 December 2004 (status as of 19 August 2014), Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (page visited on 19 September 2016).

alcaldiabogota.gov.co

"Consulta de la Norma". www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

allafrica.com

"Liberian President Signs Freedom of Information Act Into Law". allAfrica.com. 8 October 2010.

althingi.is

"2012 nr. 140 28. desember/ Upplýsingalög". Althingi.is. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

anunreasonableman.com

Henriette Mantel, Steve Skrovan (directors) (2006). An Unreasonable Man (motion picture). Genius Entertainment. ISBN 9781594445965. OCLC 138363823.

archive.today

Belize.gov.bz Archived 4 October 2006 at archive.today
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (総務省) Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs Archived 19 February 2013 at archive.today, Main Points of the Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs
"Dostop do Informacij". Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
AccessToInformation.si, Commissioner's site

arquivo.pt

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

austlii.edu.au

"FOI Commentary". austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
"New South Wales Consolidated Acts: Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009". Austlii.edu.au. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
"South Australian Consolidated Acts: Freedom Of Information Act 1991". Austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
"Tasmanian Consolidated Acts: Right to Information Act 2009". Austlii.edu.au. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

barbados.gov.bb

"Barbados.gov.bb". Archived from the original on 18 November 2008.

bbc.co.uk

Rosenbaum, Martin (1 September 2010). "Why Tony Blair thinks he was an idiot". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

bcn.cl

"Law 20,285" (PDF) (in Spanish). Bcn.cl. 27 November 2014.

bdpressinform.org

"Bangladesh Right to Information Ordinance, No. 50 of 2008 (Bangla)" (in Bengali). Ministry of Information, Press Information Department. 21 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2008.

belize.gov.bz

Belize.gov.bz Archived 4 October 2006 at archive.today

books.google.com

Staples, William R. (2007). Encyclopedia of privacy. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313334788.
Roberts, Alasdair (30 January 2006). Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age - Alasdair Roberts - Google Boeken. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139448925. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

broadpark.no

home.broadpark.no

"Freedom of Information Act, 1070, Norway". Home.broadpark.no. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

cada.pt

Princípio da Administração Aberta [Artigo 268º nº 2 da Constituição da República Portuguesa] (in Portuguese). Commission for Access to Administrative Documents.

ccrinepal.org

"RTI in Nepal | CCRI Nepal – Right to Information". ccrinepal.org. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

cedom.gov.ar

www2.cedom.gov.ar

"La Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires". Cedom.gov.ar. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

coe.int

cmiskp.echr.coe.int

Grand Chamber judgment on application no. 14967/89 See para. 50–60, as well as concurring opinion of Mrs Palm, joined by Mr Bernhardt, Mr Russo, Mr Macdonald, Mr Makarczyk and Mr van Dijk, partly dissenting opinion of Mr Thór Vilhjálmsson, concurring opinion of Mr Jambrek

assembly.coe.int

"PACE resolution no. 1087 (1996) on the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster". Assembly.coe.int. 26 April 1996. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

conventions.coe.int

"Convention on Access to Official Documents". Conventions.coe.int. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

congresovisible.org

"Congreso Visible" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

constituteproject.org

"Constitution of Paraguay" (PDF).

dandc.eu

"Making information laws work". D+C. 18 April 2018.

dnaindia.com

"Right to Information Act to complete five years on October 12 | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Dnaindia.com. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

doi.org

Schapper, Jake H. M.; McLeod, Sam; Hedgcock, Dave; Babb, Courtney (8 December 2020). "Freedom of Information for Planning Research and Practice in Australia: Examples, Implications, and Potential Remedies". Urban Policy and Research. 39: 106–119. doi:10.1080/08111146.2020.1853522. ISSN 0811-1146. S2CID 230563404.
Okudaira, Y. (1983). "Toward freedom of information: The Japanese case". Government Publications Review. 10 (1): 71–79. doi:10.1016/0277-9390(83)90029-8.
Kormych, Borys (2016). The Information Law of Ukraine. Odesa. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3158729.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Freedom of Information Around the World 2006: A Global Survey of Access to Government Information Laws by David Banisar". SSRN. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1707336. SSRN 1707336. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

dostopdoinformacij.si

"Dostop do Informacij". Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

eae.org.gr

Article 5 of the Administrative Procedures Code — Document Access Archived 30 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

europa.eu

eur-lex.europa.eu

"Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents". Retrieved 13 May 2014.
See Joint declaration relating to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001; for the EEAS, see Article 11 of Council Decision 2010/427/EU
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:205:0019:0023:EN:PDF ^{[bare URL]}
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:160:0096:0099:EN:PDF ^{[bare URL]}
"Decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 December 2012 concerning public access to documents held by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the exercise of its administrative functions". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:067:0001:0004:EN:PDF ^{[bare URL]}
"Decision of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2004 on public access to European Central Bank documents". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
"Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 November 2003 on the re-use of public sector information". Retrieved 13 May 2014.
"Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information". EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

webgate.ec.europa.eu

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

filertionline.in

"File RTI Online – Suchana ka Adhikar – Filing RTI across India". Retrieved 12 June 2016.

finlex.fi

Laki viranomaisten toiminnan julkisuudesta (621/1999). Retrieved on 17 November 2015. (in Finnish)

foi.gov.ky

"FOI.gov.ky" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2008.

foi.vic.gov.au

State of Victoria, Australia, Department of Justice (14 September 2010). "Freedom of Information". FOI.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 29 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

foi.wa.gov.au

"Office of the Information Commissioner (WA) Home Page". State of Western Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

freedomhouse.org

"Austria: Freedom in the World 2022 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
"Austria: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Freedom House, “Country Report: Denmark.” Freedom of the Press 2016, https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2016/denmark Archived 18 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
"Guyana: Freedom in the World 2020 Country Report". Freedom House.
"Tunisia: Freedom in the World 2020 Country Report". Freedom House.

freedominfo.org

"UNESCO Names Sept. 28 Access to Information Day". freedominfo.org. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
"El Salvador Joins the List of FOI Countries". 11 March 2011.
Freedominfo.org Archived 13 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine

gesetze-im-internet.de

Federal Act Governing Access to Information held by the Federal Government (Freedom of Information Act). The law of 5 September 2005, with amendments as of 7 August 2013; English translation from the German provided by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Available on the website of the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, as part of the project "Gesetze im Internet" (laws on the Internet), in cooperation with juris GMBH, a legal information service. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

getup4change.org

GetUp4Change: Online Community to file RTI applications anonymously.

gov.cn

"Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Open Government Information (中华人民共和国政府信息公开条例)" (in Chinese). Gov.cn. 24 April 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

gov.jm

ati.gov.jm

Access to Information Unit Jamaica Archives & Records Department. "The Access to Information Act 2002" (PDF). ati.gov.jm/content/access-information-act. Government of Jamaica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

gov.sk

justice.gov.sk

Zakon o slobodnom pristupe k informaciam Archived 19 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine

government.pn

"The Constitution of Pitcairn" (PDF). government.pn. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
"Freedom of Information Ordinance 2012" (PDF). government.pn. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

government.se

"The Principle of Public Access to Official Documents". Sweden.gov.se. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
"The Principle of Public Access to Official Documents". Sweden.gov.se. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

grasp.ro

"Access to Public Information: Guide for Citizens" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

heinonline.org

Petersen, Barbara A. (1992). "Copyright and State Government: An Analysis of Section 119.083, Florida's Software Copyright Provision". Florida State University Law Review. 20 (2): 441–486.

hetq.am

ija.hetq.am

"F.O.I. Center – Association of an Investigative Journalists of Armenia". Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

idp.al

"EU Law | IDP". Retrieved 3 April 2019.

ifpnews.com

Staff, IFP Editorial (8 October 2018). "Iran Releases English, Arabic Versions of Law on Free Access to Information".

imodev.org

ojs.imodev.org

Helle Krunke, “Freedom of Information and Open Government in Denmark: Progress or Deterioration?,” International Journal of Open Governments, vol 1–2015, http://ojs.imodev.org/index.php/RIGO/article/view/9/70.

independentngonline.com

"Jonathan signs FoI Bill". Daily Independence. 31 May 2011.

inquirer.net

newsinfo.inquirer.net

"Duterte signs FOI order". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

irishstatutebook.ie

Freedom of Information Act 1997, s. 1: Citation and commencement (No. 13 of 1997, s. 1). Enacted on 21 April 1997. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 9 of 2003). Enacted on 11 April 2003. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014). Enacted on 14 October 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

japss.org

Mazhar Siraj (2010). "Exclusion of Private Sector from Freedom of Information Laws: Implications from a Human Rights Perspective" (PDF). Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences. 2 (1): 211–226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

kyivpost.com

Lawyer:Law on access to public information gives no clear definition of such information, Kyiv Post (11 May 2011)

lawyerissue.com

Perera, Sudath (10 October 2016). "The Right to Information Act No. 12 of 2016 of Sri Lanka". Lawyer Issue.

legislation.qld.gov.au

"Right to Information Act 2009" (PDF). The Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

liberianobserver.com

"Ellen Signs "Freedom of Information Act" into Law". Daily Observer. 10 October 2010.

lovdata.no

"Act relating to the right of access to documents held by public authorities and public undertakings (Freedom of Information Act)". Lovdata.no. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

meida.org.il

"Meida.org.il". Meida.org.il. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

mereadhikar.com

RTI Portal: File RTI applications online.

minivannews.com

"President ratifies Right to Information Act". Minivan News. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

moj.gov.tw

law.moj.gov.tw

"Laws & Regulations Database and The Republic of China". Retrieved 12 June 2016.

news.lk

"RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, No. 12 OF 2016" (PDF).

nn.hr

narodne-novine.nn.hr

Croatian Parliament (21 October 2003). "Zakon o pravu na pristup informacijama". NN 172/2003 (in Croatian). Narodne novine. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

nt.gov.au

notes.nt.gov.au

"INFORMATION ACT". Department of the Attorney-General and Justice. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

oeffentlichkeitsgesetz.ch

"Öffentlichkeitsgesetz.ch: Die Kantone". oeffentlichkeitsgesetz.ch (in Swiss High German). 26 May 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2018.

om.fi

"Act on the Openness of Government Activities, Finnish Ministry of Justice". Om.fi. 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

onlinerti.com

OnlineRTI: Portal to submit RTI applications online.

otevrete.cz

Another 106 Answers to your Questions (With Judgements) is a useful English-language guide to the Act.

pakistani.org

"The Constitution of Pakistan". Retrieved 12 April 2013.

parlamento.pt

Constitution of the Portuguese Republic. |Portuguese Parliament website
English version of the original Law no. 26/2016, not up to date. Portuguese Parliament.

pciudadana.com

www.pciudadana.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090327033817/http://www.pciudadana.com/congreso_nacional/download/leyes/ley_200-04.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

pj.gov.py

"Acción de Inconstitucionalidad en el juicio "Defensoria del Pueblo c/ Municipalidad de San Lorenzo"" (PDF).

rada.gov.ua

zakon1.rada.gov.ua

(in Ukrainian) Про доступ до публічної інформації, Verkhovna Rada (13 January 2011)

radiofarda.com

"اعلام جرم علیه روزنامه اعتماد به‌دلیل افشای "سند خیلی محرمانه" درباره حجاب‌بان‌ها". www.radiofarda.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

rcmediafreedom.eu

"The Right of Access to Information in Cyprus. Report and Recommendations". rcmediafreedom.eu. Access Info Europe. November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

rec.org

archive.rec.org

Dorovinis, Vassilis; Etairia, Elliniki (June 1998). Doors to Democracy. Szentendre, Hungary: The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. p. 89. ISBN 963-8454-58-X. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

regjeringen.no

"Implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights". regjeringen.no. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

richmond.edu

confinder.richmond.edu

"Text of the Constitution of Colombia (1991)" (PDF). confinder.richmond.edu. Richmond University. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

right2info.org

"Access to Information Laws: Overview and Statutory Goals". Right2info.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

riigiteataja.ee

"Public Information Act". Riigi Teataja. 15 November 2000. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

rsf.org

"Austria | RSF". rsf.org. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

rti-rating.org

“Global Right to Information Rating: Denmark,” Centre for Law and Democracy, accessed 19 March 2017, http://www.rti-rating.org/view_country/?country_name=Denmark Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine.

rti.gov.in

"Study conducted by Pricewaterhouse Cooper for the Department of Personnel and Training in 2008–2009 on the implementation of the RTI Act". Rti.gov.in. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

rtiact2005.com

RTI Act, 2005: RTI Online.

rtiindia.org

RTI India Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine: The Complete Right to Information Portal of India.

rtination.com

RTINation Archived 29 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine: Portal to file RTI applications online

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Schapper, Jake H. M.; McLeod, Sam; Hedgcock, Dave; Babb, Courtney (8 December 2020). "Freedom of Information for Planning Research and Practice in Australia: Examples, Implications, and Potential Remedies". Urban Policy and Research. 39: 106–119. doi:10.1080/08111146.2020.1853522. ISSN 0811-1146. S2CID 230563404.

soumu.go.jp

Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (総務省) Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs Archived 19 February 2013 at archive.today, Main Points of the Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs

ssrn.com

Kormych, Borys (2016). The Information Law of Ukraine. Odesa. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3158729.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

papers.ssrn.com

"Freedom of Information Around the World 2006: A Global Survey of Access to Government Information Laws by David Banisar". SSRN. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1707336. SSRN 1707336. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

tandfonline.com

Schapper, Jake H. M.; McLeod, Sam; Hedgcock, Dave; Babb, Courtney (8 December 2020). "Freedom of Information for Planning Research and Practice in Australia: Examples, Implications, and Potential Remedies". Urban Policy and Research. 39: 106–119. doi:10.1080/08111146.2020.1853522. ISSN 0811-1146. S2CID 230563404.

tangedco.gov.in

"home page". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

telus.net

www3.telus.net

"Fallen Behind: Canada's Access to Information Act in the World Context". .telus.net. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

themalaysianinsider.com

"Selangor passes Freedom of Information Enactment". Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

thestar.com.my

"Penang passes Freedom of Information Bill". Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

ti-austria.at

ti-admin (5 October 2023). "05.10.2023: Informationsfreiheit in Österreich". Transparency International - Austrian Chapter (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023.

tiesa.gov.lv

satv.tiesa.gov.lv

"Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia". Satv.tiesa.gov.lv. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

transparency.org.pk

"Freedom of Information Ordinance promulgated" (PDF). Transparency International. 27 October 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

transparency.ro

"transparency.ro" (PDF). www.transparency.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006.

tribuneindia.com

TribuneIndia.com, Appointment of bureaucrat as Punjab CIC draws flak

ultimahora.com

"La Primavera Transparente".

un.org

Doss, Eric. "Sustainable Development Goal 16". United Nations and the Rule of Law. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

unece.org

The Folketing, “The Danish Access to Public Administrative Documents Act,” the Folketing, Act No. 572, 19 December 1985, Chapter 5, Section 17.1 and 17.2, https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/pp/compliance/C2008-28/response/DKAccessToPublicAdministrationFilesAct.pdf.

walrusmagazine.com

"The Dark Country". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
""The Dark Country" by Gil Shochat | the Walrus | January 2010". www.walrusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.

web.archive.org

"Statement by European RTI Community on the world's First Official Access to Information Day!". access-info.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
"Access to Information Laws: Overview and Statutory Goals". Right2info.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
"The World's First Freedom of Information Act" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
Mazhar Siraj (2010). "Exclusion of Private Sector from Freedom of Information Laws: Implications from a Human Rights Perspective" (PDF). Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences. 2 (1): 211–226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
"F.O.I. Center – Association of an Investigative Journalists of Armenia". Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
"INFORMATION ACT". Department of the Attorney-General and Justice. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
"Bangladesh Right to Information Ordinance, No. 50 of 2008 (Bangla)" (in Bengali). Ministry of Information, Press Information Department. 21 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
"The Dark Country". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
"Fallen Behind: Canada's Access to Information Act in the World Context". .telus.net. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
""The Dark Country" by Gil Shochat | the Walrus | January 2010". www.walrusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.
"Congreso Visible" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
"The Right of Access to Information in Cyprus. Report and Recommendations". rcmediafreedom.eu. Access Info Europe. November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
“Global Right to Information Rating: Denmark,” Centre for Law and Democracy, accessed 19 March 2017, http://www.rti-rating.org/view_country/?country_name=Denmark Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
Freedom House, “Country Report: Denmark.” Freedom of the Press 2016, https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2016/denmark Archived 18 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
www.pciudadana.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090327033817/http://www.pciudadana.com/congreso_nacional/download/leyes/ley_200-04.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
"PACE resolution no. 1087 (1996) on the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster". Assembly.coe.int. 26 April 1996. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
"Decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 December 2012 concerning public access to documents held by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the exercise of its administrative functions". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
"Decision of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2004 on public access to European Central Bank documents". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
"Act on the Openness of Government Activities, Finnish Ministry of Justice". Om.fi. 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
Dorovinis, Vassilis; Etairia, Elliniki (June 1998). Doors to Democracy. Szentendre, Hungary: The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. p. 89. ISBN 963-8454-58-X. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
Article 5 of the Administrative Procedures Code — Document Access Archived 30 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
"home page". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
RTI India Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine: The Complete Right to Information Portal of India.
RTINation Archived 29 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine: Portal to file RTI applications online
For a comparison between Indian and British legislative efforts see British Council India's LEGAL eNEWS Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Access to Information Unit Jamaica Archives & Records Department. "The Access to Information Act 2002" (PDF). ati.gov.jm/content/access-information-act. Government of Jamaica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (総務省) Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs Archived 19 February 2013 at archive.today, Main Points of the Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs
"Selangor passes Freedom of Information Enactment". Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
"Penang passes Freedom of Information Bill". Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
"President ratifies Right to Information Act". Minivan News. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
Freedominfo.org Archived 13 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
"Freedom of Information Act, 1070, Norway". Home.broadpark.no. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
Constitution of the Portuguese Republic. |Portuguese Parliament website
"Access to Public Information: Guide for Citizens" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
"transparency.ro" (PDF). www.transparency.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006.
Zakon o slobodnom pristupe k informaciam Archived 19 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
"Barbados.gov.bb". Archived from the original on 18 November 2008.
"FOI.gov.ky" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2008.

wired.com

Kravets, David. "Oct. 2, 1996: FOIA Law Ushers in Digital Democracy". Wired. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Schapper, Jake H. M.; McLeod, Sam; Hedgcock, Dave; Babb, Courtney (8 December 2020). "Freedom of Information for Planning Research and Practice in Australia: Examples, Implications, and Potential Remedies". Urban Policy and Research. 39: 106–119. doi:10.1080/08111146.2020.1853522. ISSN 0811-1146. S2CID 230563404.
Henriette Mantel, Steve Skrovan (directors) (2006). An Unreasonable Man (motion picture). Genius Entertainment. ISBN 9781594445965. OCLC 138363823.