APAI Statement on the Occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information
28. September 2017 - MISA
Access to Information: An enabling and fundamental human right
Welcome to the African Platform on Access to Information (APAI)
State of Access to Information in Africa 2017
As noted, the APAI Declaration was adopted on 19 September 2011, upon a motion for adoption moved by Advocate Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and seconded by Honourable Norris Tweah, Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism for the Republic of Liberia.
This research has demonstrated, however, that the document has had impact beyond its mere “declaration”. Members of the APAI Working Group were able to outline the variety of ways this ambitious Declaration has managed to impact domestic environments.
Who we are
Who we are
The Working Group (WG) of the campaign for an African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) is a network of civil society organisations that are working on the promotion of access to information in Africa.
14 key principles
The APAI Declaration lists a number of key principles intended to advance the right to access to information in all its dimensions, nationally, regionally, and internationally...
APAI Declaration
The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Declaration was adopted at the Pan African Conference on Access to Information (PACAI) on 19 September 2011,...
Why it matters
"Information is power. People have to realise that without information they will never be able to better their lives."
Adv. Pansy Tlakula
African states with ATI laws
Updates
African states with ATI laws
- Angola (2002)
- Burkina Faso (2015)
- Ethiopia (2008)
- Guinea (2010)
- Ivory Coast (2013)
- Kenya (2016)
- Liberia (2010)
- Malawi (2017)
- Mozambique (2015)
- Niger (2011)
- Nigeria (2011)
- Rwanda (2013)
- Sierra Leone (2013)
- South Africa (2000)
- South Sudan (2013)
- Sudan (2013)
- Tanzania (2016)
- Togo (2016)
- Tunisia (2016)
- Uganda (2005)
- Zimbabwe (2002)