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October 2022

Department of International Law participates
in Multi-country Workshop on Legislative Reforms


Department of International Law participates in Multi-country Workshop on Legislative Reforms

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.

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