Dear Said, Yes, we from Access to Information Programme (Bulgaria) had prepared a lot of commentaries, reports, handbooks on access to environmental information. Some of these materials are only in Bulgarian language. I am sending a Resume of our report on assessment of access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice on environmental matters (three pillars of Aarhus Convention - http://www.unece.org/env/pp/) in Bulgaria which we from AIP performed in 2004. I am sending also the handbook on access to environmental information.
If you have additional questions do not hesitate to write. Kind regards, Gergana Gergana Jouleva, Ph.D Executive Director, Access to Information Programme, 76, Vassil Levski Blvd. 3rd floor, Apt. 3 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel/fax: (++359 2) 988 5062, 981 9791, 986 7709 Mobile:+359 (0) 887 21 81 60 E-mail: <mailto:gergana at aip-bg.org> gergana at aip-bg.org Web site: <http://www.aip-bg.org/> www.aip-bg.org P Please take care of the environment, print only if necessary From: foianet-bounces at foiadvocates.info [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of cmfmena Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:24 PM To: foianet at foiadvocates.info Subject: [foianet] request of information Dear Colleagues, We are preparing policy papers on Morocco, Jordan and Egypt on access to environmental information and we would like to know if anyone of you has commented materials on international law on this subject. Thanks in advance Said Essoulami CMF MENA Le 28/07/2009 GMT (heure d'?t?), adam.foldes at transparency.hu a ?crit : Dear Colleagues, I?m writing a study and I would like to ask for you help in two questions in the field of classification/state secrets. There are countries where sensitive information is not necessarily classified immediately upon creation, it is classified only when the public body holding the information receives a request and assesses the request. For example the Mexican Regulations of the Federal Transparency and. Access to Public Government Information Law article 26 prescribes: ?The departments and entities administrative unit principals will classify the information when: I. The information is generated, obtained, acquired or transformed; or II. A request for access to the information is received, in the case of documents with no previous categorization.? (Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Informaci?n P?blica Gubernamental. ?Los titulares de las unidades administrativas de las dependencias y entidades llevar?n a cabo la clasificaci?n de la informaci?n en el momento en que: I.Se genere, obtenga, adquiera o transforme la informaci?n, o II.Se reciba una solicitud de acceso a la informaci?n, en el caso de documentos que no se hubieran clasificado previamente.?) In a rule of law system the criminal law has to operate with exact terminology, analogy is prohibited. ?A norm cannot be regarded as a "law" unless it is formulated with sufficient precision to enable the citizen to regulate his conduct: he must be able - if need be with appropriate advice - to foresee, to a degree that is reasonable in the circumstances, the consequences which a given action may entail.? (Sunday Times v. United Kingdom case) Question 1: In those rule of law countries where information is not classified immediately upon creation how does the criminal law sanction unauthorised access to or leaks of sensitive but not yet classified information? If there are no protective markings, according to classification rules, how can one know that it is a crime, to read, publish, etc. that information? Question 2: In those countries where information is not classified immediately upon creation how can information be adequately protected? Is every piece of information protected as top secret or practically they are not protected at all, as the level of protection needed is not assessed upon creation? Thank you for your help Adam Foldes No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.33/2267 - Release Date: 07/27/09 17:59:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20090728/16500c6a/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 02_resume-eng.doc Type: application/msword Size: 145920 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20090728/16500c6a/attachment-0001.doc> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: attachment2_eng.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 259664 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20090728/16500c6a/attachment-0001.pdf>
