Press

• Department of International Law Participates in International Conference “Advances and challenges in transparency and access to public information”. (November 2, 2023)

• Department of International Law participates in the 11th International Seminar on Access to Public Information (October 24, 2023)

• Department of International Law joins celebrations of International Access to Public Information Day (September 29, 2023)

• Department of International Law participates in meetings with Access to Public Information guarantor bodies (May 5, 2023)

• Department of International Law presents "Inter-American Model Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information" to information officers in Guatemala (November 2, 2022)

• Department of International Law co-organized Workshop on Access to Public Information and the Gender Perspective (August 5, 2022)

• Department of International Law participates in the Presentation of the III Annual Report of the Guarantor Body for Access to Public Information in the City of Buenos Aires (August 13, 2021)

• Inter-American Model Law on Document Management is presented in international event (June 21, 2021)

• Department of International Law holds Virtual Workshop on Access to Public Information together with Paraguay’s Ministry of Justice (June 14, 2021)

• Department of International Law presents Inter-American Model Law 2.0 On Access To Public Information to the Parliaments of the Americas and the Caribbean and in Course organized by the Spanish Agency for the Protection of Personal Data (May 12, 2021)

• OAS General Assembly approves Inter-American Model Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information (October 21, 2020)

• OAS holds Special Meeting on Access to Public Information (April 23, 2020)

• The Inter-American Juridical Committee Approves Proposed Model Law 2.0 On Access To Public Information (March 26, 2020)

• The Department of International Law participates in the XVIII Meeting of the Network for Transparency and Access to Public Information (RTA) and informs on progress on the Model Law 2.0 (November 26, 2019)

• The Department of International Law Marks International Day for Universal Access to Public Information (October 4, 2019)

• OAS Department of International Law holds the Fourth Workshop on the Model Inter-American Law on Access to Information 2.0 (June 3, 2019)

• Implementation of the Inter-American Program on Access to Public Information moves ahead (March 21, 2019)

• Third Workshop: Model Law Of Access To Public Information 2.0 (November 6, 2018)

• Workshop on Access to Public Information in Honduras concludes on successful note (October 18, 2018)

• Marking International Day for Universal Access to Information (September 28, 2018)

• OAS Department of International Law advances proposed law on access to public information in the Americas (May 22, 2018)

• Department of International Law Moves Forward with Draft Hemispheric Model Law on Access to Public Information (April 25, 2018)

• The Department of International Law Participates in CAJP Sixth Special Meeting on Autonomous Official Public Defenders as a Guarantee of Access to Justice for Vulnerable Groups (April 12, 2018)

• CAJP Meeting on Access to Public Information / First Meeting with Inter-American Program Focal Points a Success (February 8, 2018)

• Marking Access to Information Day (September 28, 2017)

• OAS Department of International Law Raises Awareness about Access to Public Information and Personal Data Protection (September 1, 2017)

• Presentation on the Inter-American Program on Access to Public Information (March 15, 2017)

• Workshop on Access to Public Information in Argentina concludes on successful note (March 18, 2015)

• International Day of Access to Public Information: The Right to Know (September 28, 2015) Available in Spanish only

• Seminar: Model Law and Inter-American Standards on the Right of Access to Public Information (September 16, 2015) Available in Spanish only

• The CAJP meets to discuss Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data (December 10, 2014)

• Successful conclusion of High-Level Workshop on Equal Access to Public Information in Guatemala (September 10, 2014)

• Conference in celebration of International Day of Access to Public Information (September 12, 2013) Available in Spanish only

• Multidisciplinary roundtable discussion in the framework of the High-Level Workshop on Equal Access to Public Information held in Costa Rica (October 2, 2013)

• Panama high-level workshop on equal access to public information ends (July 2, 2013)

• Successful conclusion of High-Level Workshop on Equal Access to Public Information in Lima, Peru (May 15, 2013)

• OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs receives report on the work done by the Department of International Law on the issue of access to public information and a first draft of the Inter-American Program on this matter (April 11, 2013)

• Presentation of Draft Inter-American Program on Access to Public Information to the CAJP (April 11, 2013) Video in original floor audio

• Regional Open Government Meeting in Santiago, Chile (January 10-11, 2013) Available in Spanish only

• International Seminar on the Model Law on Access to Public Information and its Implementation in the Dominican Republic (June 9-10, 2011) Available in Spanish only

•  Special Session of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (December, 2010)

•  Department of International Law is in the process of drafting a Model Inter-American Law on Access to Public Information (January, 2010)