The objects of this Bill are to—

(a) designate the Human Rights Commission as an oversight institution on matters relating to access to information;

(b) provide for the right to access information and its limitations;

(c) provide for procedures for processing requests for information;

(d) give effect to the right to access information as guaranteed in the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights; and

(e) provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.