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The study was completed with the collaboration of the
Department of International Law, the Department of State
Modernization and Governability, the Inter-American
Juridical Committee, the Special Rapporteurship on Freedom
of Expression, and the Trust of the Americas, with the
representation of the Committee on Juridical and Political
Affairs and the participation of Civil Society
Organizations.
The study describes the background procedure of the General
Assembly and the Commission for Political and Juridical
Affairs mandates calling for the completion of the study. It
also discusses antecedents that establish access to
information as a human right under international instruments
and applicable jurisprudence and presents access to
information as a democratic right of fundamental importance
for good governance of states. The links to the right
provide summaries of these sections of the study as well as
links to some fundamental sources on which it is based.
The study then provides policy and legislative
recommendations for the promotion of effective compliance
with the right of Access to Information. The first type
offers several policy recommendations for the states and the
OAS with a view to establishing the processes, initiatives
and systems an access to information. The second type
provides legislative recommendations needed to guarantee the
right of access to information, as well as several
legislative recommendations to support the states, the OAS,
and other international organizations in creating
comprehensive and effective legal frameworks for access to
information. The links to the right provide summaries of
both types of recommendations as well as links to some
fundamental sources on which they were based.
The document ends with brief reflections on the importance
of implementing the policy and legislative recommendations
and possible next steps in this process.
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