With this work, we will try to show the basic elements of the right of access to information in the Republic of Croatia. The basic basis and right of all citizens to access information is laid down in Article 38(4). The Croatian Constitution, which guarantees the right of access to information held by public authorities, the Act on the Right of Access to Information (hereinafter: CAPI) which regulates this right and is in line with international directives of the European Union. All citizens have the right to access information. This right guarantees progress and well-functioning public administration, devolves greater responsibility to the public sector, drives the work of public administration, gives credibility to institutions, neutralises corruption and, more importantly, improves citizens' trust in public bodies. The main purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the Freedom of Information Act, including its principles, the obligations of public bodies in relation to the right of access to information, limitations of the right of access to information, methods of monitoring compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, the process of gaining the right to re-use information, the conduct of evidential and public interest tests and the report the Information Commissioner is required to prepare on the access to information. Numerous problems that users of the right to access information encounter when trying to exercise their right to requested information need to be addressed by resorting to the theoretical knowledge of the right of access to information. In the end, in order to be able to exercise the right of access to information in the most efficient way, public bodies are required to provide information to citizens and citizens are required to request information in a correct manner in order to be able to protect their right from possible abuses by public bodies. At the end of the paper, a final thought and overall conclusion on the issue is given.