Foreign Legislation

• Texts of FOI laws around the world can be found on the web portal Right2Info.org

• US Freedom of Information Act

• Act on Free Access to Information and Amendments of Certain Acts- Slovakia

• Act of 31 October 1991, containing regulations governing public access to government information in the Netherlands

• Access to Information Act - Scotland - you will be redirected to the web site of Scotland Legislation

• Freedom of Information Act - United Kingdom

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF(313Kb) 

• Access to Information Act - South Africa

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF(357Kb) 

• Freedom of Information Act - India

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF(32Kb) 

• Freedom of Information Bill - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF(52Kb) 

• Freedom of Information Act - Republic of Slovenia

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF(43Kb) 

• Act on the openness of Government Activities - Finland

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF(52Kb) 

• Act on Free Access to Information and Amendments of Certain Actsadopted by The National Council of the Slovak Republic

Available: HTML (20Kb) • Acrobat Reader PDF(103Kb) 

• Open Government This Code of Practice supports the Government’s policy under the Citizen’s Charter of extending access to official information, and responding to reasonable requests for information.

Available: HTML (20Kb) • Acrobat Reader PDF(91Kb) 

• The Armenian Freedom ofInformation act

 
• Access to Information Act - Canada - you will be redirected to the web site of the Office of the Information Comissioner of Canada