Guinea

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  • 2 February 2017

    Groups Seeks Court Order For Publication of FOI Law

    The Guinea law on the right of access to public information, promulgated on Nov. 24, 2010, is still not applied and has not been published in the official gazette of the Republic The Guinean Association of Independent Press Publishers (AGEPI) has asked the Supreme Court to order the General Secretariat of the Government to publish the […]

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  • 5 October 2012

    Plans Made to Promote FOI in Francophone African Nations

    Transparency activists have laid plans for advancing freedom of information in five francophone countries of West Africa — Guinea, Niger, Benin, Cote D’Ivoire and Senegal. In Guinea, where the law is passed but not yet operational, plans were made to press for “speedy publication,” along with efforts to build capacity to use it. For Niger, the top […]

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  • 25 August 2011

    Guinea Conakry ATI Law Available in English

    The Guinea Conakry access to information law, promulgated late last year, but not immediately published, is now available in English. The law was issued by the outgoing military government in November 2010, signed by General Sékouba Konaté, just prior to the presidential election in which Alpha Conde became president. The English translation has been posted […]

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LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Constitution (Article 7) (English) (French - Part 1, Part 2)

 

Organic Law 2010/004/CNT/ OF 24 November 2010 on the Right of Access to Public Information (English)

 

 

Measuring Openness

Global Right to Information Rating
A country-by-country rating of laws by the Centre for Democracy and Law and Access Info.

Freedom House
The Freedom in the World report.

World Bank
Worldwide Governance Indicators

Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index
Measures perceptions of the degree of corruption.

Reporters Without Borders
The Press Freedom Index.