The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has issued an analysis of a draft right to information law for Myanmar.
“CHRI’s first and foremost recommendation to the Government of Myanmar is to launch a public consultation process around the Draft RTI Bill,” according to the analysis.
The CHRI critique is based on an English translation of the Myanmar version of the Draft RTI Bill circulated within civil society in Myanmar.
CHRI makes 30 recommendations for improvements.
A coalition of groups supporting RTI in Myanmar was recently formed.
UNESCO and the Ministry of Information facilitated a consultation meeting March 9 in Yangon on the RTI.
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