In mid-2011, Moroccan voters approved a new Constitution that introduced, for the first time, a guarantee of the right of access to information held by public bodies. On 26 March 2013, consultations were opened on a Draft Law on the Right to Access Information (Draft Law), which aims to give effect to Article 27 of the new Constitution.
ARTICLE 19 welcomes this progress towards the adoption of a law, that will place Morocco among the rapidly growing number of countries which have enacted dedicated legislation on access to information.
A major weakness though is the regime of exceptions, which is grossly overbroad and has rightly attracted significant criticism.