Guidelines, Recommendations and best practices regarding freedom of information

Recommendation R(2002)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on access to official documents adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 February 2002 at the 784th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies

Recommendation Rec(2003)13 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the provision of information through the media in relation to criminal proceedings

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 July 2003 at the 848th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

Global principles on national security and the right to information (THE `TSHWANE PRINCIPLES`)

- finalized in Tshwane, South Africa, issued on 12th June 2013