Transparency and Silence: A Survey of Access to Information Laws and Practices in Fourteen Countries
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New York: Open Society Institute (2006), 188 pp.
Contains tables
Series: Justice in Action Series
ISBN 978-1-891385-50-6
"This report records and analyzes the results of a study in which partners of the Justice Initiative in 14 countries filed a total of 1,926 requests for information. In each country, seven different requesters twice submitted up to 70 questions to 18 public institutions. Requesters included NGOs, journalists, business persons, non-affiliated persons, and members of excluded groups, such as illiterate or disabled persons or those from vulnerable minorities. The requests were for the types of information that public bodies hold—or should hold." (Summary of findings, page 11)
1 International Standards on Access to Information, 27
2 Main Findings of the Monitoring Study, 38
3 Findings by Type of Outcome and Legal Analysis, 82
4 Findings by Monitoring Variables: Requesters, Requests, Time Frames, 160
2 Main Findings of the Monitoring Study, 38
3 Findings by Type of Outcome and Legal Analysis, 82
4 Findings by Monitoring Variables: Requesters, Requests, Time Frames, 160
