This section features laws and draft laws which, in their English translation, are not available elsewhere:
Draft Law of Kazakhstan on Information Access
May 2011 Version of Draft Tunisian Press Law (English) (Arabic)
July 2011 Version of Draft Tunisian Press Law (Arabic)
Draft Law of Mongolia on Information Transparency and Freedom of Information
Indonesia Press Law (English translation)
CLD’s report on the erosion of freedoms in Iraq involved an analysis of four draft laws and one recently enacted law:
Draft Law of Commission of Media and Communication
Draft Law of Political Parties
Draft Law of Freedom of Assembly, Expression, and Peaceful Protest
As part of CLD’s work in Egypt, our organisation has obtained English translations of several of Egyptian media laws:
Law No. 13 of 1979, Establishing the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (Amended: 1989)
Law No. 76 of 1970, Establishing the Journalist Syndicate
Law No. 93 of 1995, Amending the Journalist Syndicate Law and the Penal Code
Law No. 96 of 1996, Concerning the Regulation and Organization of Journalism and Press Functions
CLD has also worked on RTI in Egypt:
Click here for a translation of a draft RTI Law prepared by civil society
CLD prepared an English translation of Yemen’s newly passed RTI Law:
Click here for the translated RTI law
To facilitate of our legal analysis of the detention of Burmese journalist, the Democratic Voice of Burma provided us with English translations of the Burmese laws under which these journalists were charged:
Burmese Press Laws, and related laws used to target journalists
You can also find a comprehensive list of the RTI legislation that we used to compile our Global RTI Rating here.
