Reuse of the transparency-related information posted on Spanish library and archive websites

2021 ◽  
pp. 016555152110597
Author(s):  
Luis Fernando Ramos Simón ◽  
Ana R Pacios

This study addresses the types of formats and ease of reuse of transparency-related information available on the websites of 53 national public libraries and 53 provincial historic archives. Further to Spain’s Transparency Act, reuse of public sector information is one of the elements comprising the right of access to information. Access and use must consequently be ensured to enable citizens and businesses to reuse all available data. The working methodology deployed here consisted in searching for, identifying and analysing the transparency-related documents carried on library and archive websites and the legal warnings governing their reuse. The findings revealed a wide variety of formats and rules governing reuse and indications of scant interest in these institutions in fostering the transparency and reuse of public information. Even when available, reusable information was normally found to be posted either separately from the data furnished by libraries and archives directly or positioned on pages or sections with complex access paths.

Author(s):  
Marcilio Barenco Correa de Mello

This chapter addresses the right of access to information, reinforced as a fundamental rule for citizens in the Brazilian constitutional norm of 1988, now regulated, more closely, from the enactment of the law on access to information in 2011. It represents an important legislative instrument of reinforcement of the principle of publicity, as well as the main infraconstitutional standard guaranteeing access to information. The requirement of a clear and transparent accountability environment by the public manager is a republican assumption of massive participation by society. This is because the right of access to information of a public nature provides a better control of public expenditures, while allowing, on the other hand, promotion of social control of a diffuse nature. It should be pointed out that, with greater knowledge of their own rights, the citizen goes through a faster inclusion process, either in the subjectivation of a minimal role of rights that he does not know, or in the clarification of his duties as a participant in the process of state maintenance.


Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cotino Hueso

El estudio analiza el paulatino reconocimiento internacional y supranacional del derecho de acceso a la información pública como un derecho fundamental. En el ámbito mundial y especialmente en América Latina y también en la UE es un proceso muy avanzado. Ello ha influido en los últimos años en el Consejo de Europa. Además de declaraciones y el Convenio 205, es especialmente significativa la acción del TEDH desde 2009 y, sobre todo, con su sentencia de noviembre de 2016. Se analiza el nuevo test para saber si el derecho de acceso a la información tiene o no la protección de derecho fundamental en cada caso concreto.The study analyzes the gradual international and supranational recognition of the right of access to public information as a fundamental right. This is a very advanced process worldwide, and especially in Latin America and the EU. For the Council of Europe, beyond declarations and Convention 205, it is analyzed. Anycase the focus is on the ECHR’s action since 2009 and, above all, its judgment of November 2016. The new test to know whether or not the right of access to information has the protection of fundamental right in each specific case is examined.


2022 ◽  
pp. 166-179
Author(s):  
Marcilio Barenco Correa de Mello

This chapter addresses the right of access to information, reinforced as a fundamental rule for citizens in the Brazilian constitutional norm of 1988, now regulated, more closely, from the enactment of the law on access to information in 2011. It represents an important legislative instrument of reinforcement of the principle of publicity, as well as the main infraconstitutional standard guaranteeing access to information. The requirement of a clear and transparent accountability environment by the public manager is a republican assumption of massive participation by society. This is because the right of access to information of a public nature provides a better control of public expenditures, while allowing, on the other hand, promotion of social control of a diffuse nature. It should be pointed out that, with greater knowledge of their own rights, the citizen goes through a faster inclusion process, either in the subjectivation of a minimal role of rights that he does not know, or in the clarification of his duties as a participant in the process of state maintenance.


2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-461
Author(s):  
Uchechukwu Nwoke

AbstractInformation is essential for the functioning of modern societies. Access to information denotes the right of citizens to obtain information regarding how they are governed. In 2011, Nigeria enacted the Freedom of Information Act, to ensure openness and transparency in public governance. This article evaluates the extent to which the legislation has strengthened the right of access to information in Nigeria. Through analysis of the provisions of the act and some decided cases, the article argues that challenges, both in the act's provisions and in its enforcement by the courts, have resulted in a “blunted” law that lacks the capacity to satisfy the people's expectations on the right of access to public information. Drawing on the experience of other jurisdictions where similar laws are operative (notably South Africa and India), the article suggests ways through which the implementation of the act could be made more effective.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (XXI) ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Patrycja Tyborowska

Openness of public life is a pillar of civil society development Openness of public authority is a key condition for the functioning of democracy in the state, it is a fundamental value of the rule of law and a multiplier of social control. The essence of the right to public information in the Polish legal system is the fact that it is regulated in the Basic Law. Establishing the right to public information on the pages of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland enabled the citizens to its direct application. According to Article 61 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, the activities of public authorities in Poland are open and every citizen has the right of access to information. The concept of openness of public life and the right of access to information are understood as a citizen’s privilege to information on matters relating to the activities of government, the implementation of public tasks and the functioning of the state. Access to public information is also one of the forms of civic activity, which contributes to the development of democracy at both local and central level. In Poland, the continuation of the principle of openness and the right of access to public information, regulated by the Constitution, is provided for in the Act on Access to Public Information of 6 September 2001. The act defines what constitutes public information, distinguishes entities obliged to provide it and presents forms of providing access to and requesting public information. A review of Polish academic literature reveals a multitude of studies on openness of public life and access to public information. However, it also indicates the lack of exhaustive titles, constituting an analysis of this matter on the basis of the law of the Member States of the European Union. Therefore, the aim of this article, which has a source character, is to present the way of regulating access to public information, including both constitutional and statutory level. The starting point for the solutions in this study will be the contents of the constitutions of the Member States and the laws regulating access to public information in their current wording. The research will also include literature analysis. Due to the adopted concept, the subject of comparison will be selected issues that provide answers to the questions of whether access to public information has been regulated in the provisions of the constitution and how the notion of public information is defined in the law, as well as whether the statutory regulations constitute a development of the constitutional norms.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (38) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianne Brito de Cal Athias ◽  
Gabriela Ohana Rocha Freire

A lei de acesso à informação e a tutela de improbidade administrativa   The information access law and the administrative improbity guarantee [1]Gabriela Ohana Rocha Freire* Arianne Brito de Cal Athias** REFERÊNCIA FREIRE, Gabriela Ohana Rocha; ATHIAS, Arianne Brito de Cal.  A lei de acesso à informação e a tutela de improbidade administrativa. Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFRGS, Porto Alegre, n. 38, p. 154-177, ago. 2018. RESUMOABSTRACTA Constituição da República de 1988 assegura, no bojo do art. 5º, XVI, que o acesso à informação é um direito de todos, sendo resguardado o sigilo da fonte quando necessário ao exercício profissional. Ademais, a própria CF/88 institui por meio do seu art. 37 o princípio da publicidade como um elemento basilar para reger a Administração Pública. Nesse contexto, insurge a Lei 12.527/2011, conhecida como Lei de Acesso à Informação - LAI, reforçando o cumprimento do direito de acesso às informações, priorizando a ideia de Estado Democrático de Direito a fim de garantir a ampla transparência aos atos públicos. Como todo texto normativo, em caso de descumprimento de um direito, a LAI prevê apuração de possível ato de improbidade administrativa e a aplicação de medidas sancionatórias. Desta feita, o presente artigo digna-se a analisar a tutela de improbidade com fundamento nas Leis nº 12.527/2011 e 8.429/92, demonstrando se todo ato administrativo tido, em tese, como improbo será capaz de ensejar punição processual nas esferas administrativas e/ou judicial, partindo da observância dos critérios avaliativos para a concretização e/ou descaracterização do ato. The Republic Constitution from 1988 assures in the bulge of 5th art., XVI that the access to information is a everyone’s right, and the confidentiality of the source is protected when necessary for professional practice, in addition, the FC/88 itself establishes, through its art. 37, the publicity principle as a basic element to govern the Public Administration. In this context, it insures the Law 12,527/2011, known as the Access to Information Law- AIL, reinforcing compliance with the right of access to information, prioritizing the idea of a Democratic State of Law in order to guarantee the broad transparency of public acts. Like any normative text, in case of noncompliance of a right, the AIL provides for the clearance of possible administrative improbability and the application of sanctioning measures. As a result, this work aims to examine the guardianship of impropriety based on Laws no.12.527/2011 and 8.429/92, demonstrating whether any administrative act held in theory as improbable will be capable of inducing procedural punishment at the administrative and/or judicial sphere, starting from the observance of the evaluation criteria for concretization and/or de-characterization of the act. PALAVRAS-CHAVEKEYWORDSEstado Democrático de Direito. Lei de Acesso à Informação – 12.527/2011. Transparência. Improbidade Administrativa.  Lei 8.429/92.Democratic State. Access to Information Act – 12.527/2011. Transparency. Administrative Dishonesty. Law 8.429 / 92.* Mestranda em Direito pelo PPGD da Universidade Federal do Estado do Pará. Especialização em Direito Público pelo Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará. Membro da Comissão de Defesa dos Direitos do Consumidor da OAB/PA. Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade da Amazônia. Advogada.** Professora Adjunta III da Universidade Federal do Pará, cedida ao Ministério Público do Estado do Pará para exercer o cargo em comissão de Assessor do Procurador-Geral de Justiça. Professora Titular I da Universidade da Amazônia e Coordenadora Adjunta do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direitos Fundamentais (Mestrado). Professora da Faculdade Metropolitana da Amazônia. Doutora em Direito Administrativo pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2007). Mestre em Direito pela Universidade da Amazônia (2001).


2019 ◽  
pp. 46-73
Author(s):  
Arturo Miguel Chípuli Castillo

El acceso a la información pública es considerado uno de los pilares de los sistemas democráticos contemporáneos. Su trascendencia radica en que, a través de dicho derecho humano, la población puede acceder a información fundamental para el ejercicio de otros derechos, la prevención de abusos por parte del Estado, y exigir la rendición de cuentas. Es por ello que, a partir de las políticas públicas, el Estado puede materializar los compromisos adoptados en materia de acceso a la información pública, estableciendo niveles de cumplimiento mínimos, pautas a seguir por las autoridades, así como mecanismos de protección y de garantía. Con motivo de lo anterior, el presente trabajo esboza un estándar sobre el derecho de acceso a la información, mismo que puede servir de base para la construcción de políticas públicas en materia de acceso a la información pública.


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