Variable: Law: citizens have a right to request public information from state bodies

QoG Code: (aii_q41)


Dataset: Africa Integrity Indicators

Description:

Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 41. In law, citizens have a right to request public information from state bodies.

A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) a Constitutional principle guarantees citizens' rights to request and receive access to any public documents and information, and
2) there is a specific access to information law that establishes the process for this right to be implemented. Note: It's possible to score 100 if national security or individual privacy information is protected, as long as the law defines the parameters and processes to declare what information is protected and they are limited in scope. Just the constitutional protection is not enough to score 100.

A 0 score is earned if there is no such law, or a law exists but it doesn't mandate all the conditions described in 100.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-12-04
Last updated by source: 2023-07-04


Categories:

Political System


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Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 54
Standard time-series: 54


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