Over the next nine months, there is an opportunity to fix Scotland’s outdated Freedom of Information (FoI) law and restore our place as a global lead on transparency and accountability.

At a time when other governments are threatening to abolish access to information laws and undermine independent enforcement of FoI rights and duties, passing progressive legislation would be a welcome boost to campaigners across the seven continents and strengthen democratic engagement and informed participation domestically.

Mexico’s much-respected National Institute for Access to Information was dissolved in 2024 and India has repeatedly delayed the appointment of Commissioners to the 29 State Information Commissions. It is a tactic which its Supreme Court noted effectively makes an act of parliament “a dead........

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