Units: Comprehensive FOI Legislation
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| Environmental Governance and Institutions — Access to Information: Status of Freedom of Information Legislation Units: Comprehensive FOI Legislation |
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| ISO | 2004 | |
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| Albania | ALB | Law Enacted |
| Angola | AGO | Pending Effort |
| Argentina {1} | ARG | Pending Effort |
| Armenia {2} | ARM | Law Enacted |
| Australia | AUS | Law Enacted |
| Austria | AUT | Law Enacted |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | Pending Effort |
| Bangladesh | BGD | Pending Effort |
| Barbados | BRB | Pending Effort |
| Belgium | BEL | Law Enacted |
| Belize | BLZ | Law Enacted |
| Bermuda | BMU | Pending Effort |
| Bolivia | BOL | Pending Effort |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | Law Enacted |
| Botswana | BWA | Pending Effort |
| Brazil | BRA | Pending Effort |
| British Virgin Islands | VGB | Pending Effort |
| Bulgaria | BGR | Law Enacted |
| Canada | CAN | Law Enacted |
| Chile | CHL | Pending Effort |
| Colombia | COL | Law Enacted |
| Croatia | HRV | Law Enacted |
| Czech Rep | CZE | Law Enacted |
| Denmark | DNK | Law Enacted |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | Pending Effort |
| Ecuador {3} | ECU | Law Enacted |
| El Salvador | SLV | Pending Effort |
| Estonia | EST | Law Enacted |
| Ethiopia | ETH | Pending Effort |
| Fiji | FJI | Pending Effort |
| Finland | FIN | Law Enacted |
| France | FRA | Law Enacted |
| Georgia | GEO | Law Enacted |
| Germany | DEU | Pending Effort |
| Ghana | GHA | Pending Effort |
| Greece | GRC | Law Enacted |
| Guatemala | GTM | Pending Effort |
| Honduras | HND | Pending Effort |
| Hungary | HUN | Law Enacted |
| Iceland | ISL | Law Enacted |
| India {4} | IND | Law Enacted |
| Indonesia | IDN | Pending Effort |
| Ireland | IRL | Law Enacted |
| Israel | ISR | Law Enacted |
| Italy | ITA | Law Enacted |
| Jamaica {5} | JAM | Law Enacted |
| Japan | JPN | Law Enacted |
| Kenya | KEN | Pending Effort |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | Law Enacted |
| Latvia | LVA | Law Enacted |
| Lesotho | LSO | Pending Effort |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | Law Enacted |
| Lithuania | LTU | Law Enacted |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | Pending Effort |
| Malawi | MWI | Pending Effort |
| Maldives | MDV | Pending Effort |
| Mauritius | MUS | Pending Effort |
| Mexico | MEX | Law Enacted |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | Law Enacted |
| Mozambique | MOZ | Pending Effort |
| Namibia | NAM | Pending Effort |
| Nepal | NPL | Pending Effort |
| Netherlands | NLD | Law Enacted |
| New Zealand | NZL | Law Enacted |
| Nicaragua | NIC | Pending Effort |
| Nigeria | NGA | Pending Effort |
| Norway | NOR | Law Enacted |
| Pakistan {6} | PAK | Law Enacted |
| Panama | PAN | Law Enacted |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | Pending Effort |
| Paraguay | PRY | Pending Effort |
| Peru | PER | Law Enacted |
| Philippines {7} | PHL | Pending Effort |
| Poland | POL | Law Enacted |
| Portugal | PRT | Law Enacted |
| Romania | ROU | Law Enacted |
| Russian Federation | RUS | Pending Effort |
| Serbia and Montenegro {8} | YUG | Pending Effort |
| Slovakia | SVK | Law Enacted |
| Slovenia | SVN | Law Enacted |
| South Africa | ZAF | Law Enacted |
| Spain | ESP | Law Enacted |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | Pending Effort |
| Sweden | SWE | Law Enacted |
| Switzerland | CHE | Pending Effort |
| Taiwan | TWN | Pending Effort |
| Tajikistan | TJK | Law Enacted |
| Tanzania | TZA | Pending Effort |
| Thailand | THA | Law Enacted |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | Law Enacted |
| Turkey | TUR | Law Enacted |
| Uganda | UGA | Pending Effort |
| Ukraine | UKR | Law Enacted |
| United Kingdom {9} | GBR | Law Enacted |
| United States | USA | Law Enacted |
| Uruguay | URY | Pending Effort |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | Law Enacted |
| Zambia | ZMB | Pending Effort |
| Zimbabwe {10} | ZWE | Law Enacted |
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| Footnotes |
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| 1 - Argentina |
| executive order implementing FOI adopted 2003 |
| 2 - Armenia |
| limited implementation |
| 3 - Ecuador |
| not yet implemented |
| 4 - India |
| not yet implemented |
| 5 - Jamaica |
| only partially implemented |
| 6 - Pakistan |
| not yet implemented |
| 7 - Philippines |
| extensive system of access using constitutional right |
| 8 - Serbia and Montenegro |
| Separate efforts are pending in both Serbia and Montenegro. In addition, Kosovo has a comprehensive FOI Act implemented |
| 9 - United Kingdom |
| not yet implemented. Right to demand information goes into effect 1/05 |
| 10 - Zimbabwe |
| FOI provisions in law are unused. Law primarily used to supress media. |
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| Banisar, David. 2004. Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records Around the World. Available on-line at http://www.privacyinternational.org/issues/foia/foia-survey.html. Washington, DC: Privacy International. |
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