Global: Right to Information: Global Index released for comment

In anticipation of Right to Know Day, 28 September 2010, ARTICLE 19 has launched 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.