SECTOR 1 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.0 (2005 = 2.5; 2007 = 1.4; 2009 = 3.5; 2011 = 4.7) 1.7 Public information is easily accessible, guaranteed by law, to all citizens. At the time of the fourth round of the African Media Barometer (AMB) in Mozambique, although the right to information, which is the subject of the present report, was guaranteed by the CRM, specifically by means of the standard stated in number 1 of Article 48 – “All citizens have the right to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom of information” –, access as such to public information was not thought to be facilitated. Although it was true that there was no Law of the Right to Information which, in terms of number 6 of Article 48 of the CRM, should regulate access to public information, it was still problematic that a basic right should be deferred by an ordinary law, taking into account that the CRM itself provides that if one takes into account that the CRM itself provides that “Individual rights and freedoms are directly applicable, and binding on public and private entities, guaranteed by the State and must be exercised in terms of the Constitution and the laws ”. The Draft Law on the Right to Information which, on the date of the fourth round of the AMB had only been approved in general, namely August 22 2014, was specifically approved on November 26 of the same year and, as a result, made into law, which was promulgated by the PR on December 18 2014, but is yet to be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic. This is a law which is basically in line with the international principles which goven the right to information and with the potential to improve the quality of media products, particularly in the field of investigative journalism, although there are not yet any items which can be used to assess if this will or will not be applied in Mozambique. In addition to the CRM and the recently approved Law on the Right to Information, as mentioned in point 1,1, Mozambique has a panoply of legal isntruments which are favourable to the right to information – for the citizenry in general and not only or particularly journalists – , among which are highlighted Decree Number AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2014 75