Burkina Faso

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  • 10 September 2015

    Burkina Faso Passes FOI Bill; Draft Considered Good

    Burkina Faso’s parliament has adopted a freedom of information bill, according to sources and media reports. See text of the legislation (in French). Little detail was available about the legislation immediately after passage, but drafts were praised by FOI experts. The National Transitional Council passed the FOI bill Aug. 30, along with several bills regulating the media […]

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LEGAL DOCUMENTS Constitution (1991) (Article 8) (French) Portante droit d’accès a l’informatios et aux documents administratifs (in French) (2015)

 

 

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