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This special session, held in December 2010, focused on five
main themes, in accordance with the mandates of the General
Assembly, namely: 1) review of the work of the OAS to date
in terms of access to information, including the principles
and recommendations on access to information; 2) submission
of a revised study on best practices compiled by Member
States; 3) presentation of the Inter-American Model Law on
Access to Public Information and implementation guide
contained in resolution AG/RES. 2607 (XL-O/10), adopted by
the General Assembly in June 2010 and submission of final
comments on the issue by Member States; 4) first
presentation of draft recommendations on data protection;
and 5) determination by Member States about the possibility
of preparing an Inter-American program on Access to Public
Information that will help consolidate the work completed in
the past and set an agenda for future work of the OAS in
this area.
This Special Session included the participation of the
Inter-American Juridical Committee, the Special Rapporteur
for Freedom of Expression of the Human Rights Commission,
the Secretariat for Legal Affairs, through its Department of
International Law and Secretariat for Political Affairs.
Also in attendance were many experts who participated in the
drafting of the model law and its implementation guide, as
well as civil society organizations dedicated to ensuring
the right of access to information on the continent,
including the Carter Center and the Regional Alliance for
Access to Information and Freedom of Expression. Also
participating were experts from Member States, who offered
their comments on the model law and considerations for the
proposed program, including the Federal Institute of Access
to Information and Data Protection (Mexico) and the Council
for Transparency (Chile). Finally, the Special Session was
also attended by the World Bank, which presented its newly
adopted policy on access to information applicable to all
branches of the institution.
This Special Session was open to the public and held in the
Simon Bolivar Room of the headquarters of the OAS.
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Documents
 Agenda
Report
Model
Inter-American Law on Access
to Public Information AG/RES. 2607 (XL-O/10)
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Provisional version pending
revision by the Style
Committee
Note
with Model Law
Principles
of CJI
Recommendations
Data
Protection
List
of Participants
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Presentations
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Raúl Ferrada, Director General, Council for Transparency, Chile
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Karina Banfi, Regional Alliance for the Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
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Luis Castro Joo, Minister Counselor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Peru
Presentation
Melanie Pustay, Director of the Office of Information Policy, United States Department of
Justice, USA
Presentation
Issa Luna Pla, Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico
Presentation
Laura Neuman, Access to Information Project Manager and Associate Director of the
Americas Program, The Carter Center
Presentation
María del Carmen Palau, Specialist, Department of State Modernization and Good
Governance, OAS
Presentation
Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director and President, Electronic Privacy Information
Center, Adjunct Professor Georgetown University Law Center
Presentation
John Wilson, Principal Legal Officer, Department of International Law
Presentation
Lisa Lui, Lead Counsel, Information Policy, Legal Vice-Presidency, The World Bank
Presentation
María Marván Laborde, Commissioner, Federal Institute of Access to Information and
Data Protection, Mexico
Presentation
Permanent Mission of Colombia, OEA
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