The Department of
International Law (DIL)
participated in the workshop "Inter-American
Model Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information
and Legislative Reforms", held in
Quito, Ecuador on September 20.
This event, co-organized by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (Unesco) and the Ecuador’s Defender
of the People (DPE), aimed to generate a
collective reflection on the processes of
national law reform on access to public
information in Ecuador, Panama and Peru, its
approach to the regional standard established by
the Inter-American Model Law 2.0 on Access to
Public Information approved by the OAS General
Assembly in 2020, and to share experiences,
lessons learned and best practices on the
implementation of these standards.
This activity was attended by the Ombudsman of
Ecuador, Mr. César Córdoba Valverde; the
Secretary of Anti-Corruption Public Policy of
Ecuador, Mr. Luis Verdesoto, and Ms. Verónica
Minaya, representative of the Unesco Office in
Quito, as well as international experts and
public officials.
The guarantor bodies of these three countries
participated through Elsa Fernández, Director
General of the National Authority for
Transparency and Access to Information (ANTAI)
of Panama; Eduardo Luna Cervantes, Director
General of the National Authority for
Transparency and Access to Public Information
(ANTAIP) and José Ángel Dávila Córdoba,
Technical Secretary of the Tribunal for
Transparency and Access to Transparency (TTAIP),
both from Peru; and Jaime Andrés Andrade,
Director of Promotion and Guarantee of Access to
Public Information of the DPE.
The legislative powers were represented, among
others, by Deputy Corina Cano Córdoba, member of
the National Assembly of Panama, and deputies
Ruth Luque Ibarra and Américo Gonza, members of
the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
The participation of the DIL consisted of
presenting the standards contained in the
Inter-American Model Law 2.0 as an input both
for the discussion in the room, as a tool to
support the efforts made in this area by three
States.
In this way, the DIL seeks to offer added value
to the OAS Member States and contribute to the
achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development adopted by the member countries of
the United Nations, and more specifically on the
target of SDG 16.10, regarding the issue of
access to public information.
» To access the Inter-American Model Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information,
click here.
» To visit the Department of International Law (DIL) website on access to information,
click here.
