Dear all,
the Baltic Sea NGO Forum and Unesco supported ATI (Access to
Information) in Germany.
The good news is that the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the
Human Rights Council (HRC) gives the opportunity to promote ATI:
There are 269 hits
<http://www.upr-info.org/spip?page=resultats&ie=utf8&cx=002407396385648747232%3Abhdblkgu91u&cof=FORID%3A11&q=access+to+information>
(Accessed January 2013) on "Access to Information" in the
UPR-Info.org database
<http://www.upr-info.org/spip?page=resultats&ie=utf8&cx=002407396385648747232%3Abhdblkgu91u&cof=FORID%3A11&q=access+to+information>
e. g. freedom of information laws
<http://www.upr-info.org/spip?page=resultats&ie=utf8&cx=002407396385648747232%3Abhdblkgu91u&cof=FORID%3A11&q=%22freedom+of+information+law%22>
are mentioned for Canada
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/a_hrc_wg.6_16_can_2_canada_e.pdf>,
Azerbaijan
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/unesco_upr_aze_s16_2013_unesco_e.pdf>,
Bahrain
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/a_hrc_wg.6_13_l.4_bahrain.pdf>,
Botswana
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/chri_upr_bwa_s15_2012_commonwealthhumanrightsinitiative_e.pdf>,
Burkina Faso
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/unesco_upr_bfa_s16_2013_unesco_e.pdf>,
Cameroon
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/unesco_upr_cmr_s16_2013_unesco_e.pdf>,
Cape Verde
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/unesco_upr_cpv_s16_2013_unesco_e.pdf>,
Colombia
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/unesco_upr_col_s16_2013_unesco_e.pdf>,
Cuba
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/a_hrc_wg.6_16_cub_2_cuba_e.pdf>,
Equatorial Guinea
<http://www.upr-info.org/followup/assessments/session19/equatorial_guinea/MIA-Equatorial_guinea.pdf>,
France
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/eohrcs_upr_fra_s15_2012_europeanofficehrchurchofscient_e.pdf>,
Kenya
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/follow-up_kenya_stakeholders_annual_progress_report_2011.pdf>,
Tuvalu
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/a_hrc_wg.6_16_tuv_2_tuvalu_e.pdf>,
Uzbekistan
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/unesco_upr_uzb_s16_2013_unesco_e.pdf>,
and the REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI
<http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/107/28/PDF/G1310728.pdf?OpenElement>
(submitted by ARTICLE 19). UNESCO
<http://www.upr-info.org/spip?page=resultats&ie=utf8&cx=002407396385648747232%3Abhdblkgu91u&cof=FORID%3A11&q=%22freedom+of+information+law%22>
has recommended Freedom of Information laws to all states reviewed
during the 16. UPR session . Austria recommended to Bahrain
(A/HRC/WG.6/13/L.4
<http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/a_hrc_wg.6_13_l.4_bahrain.pdf>):
"Enact a progressive, substantive Freedom of Information law".
Djibouti
<http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Highlights25April2013pm.aspx>
and Ghana
<http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Highlights23October2012pm.aspx>
got same suggestion.
However UNESCO did not mention that ATI laws are missing in 5 federal
states in Germany and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights ignored <http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/foi-ohchr.html>
and censored the contributon
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/foi-upr-de.htm> of the Baltic
Sea NGO Forum. 96 HRC states made approx. 200 suggestions. Every state
had 74 seconds time. 6 of 8 suggestions
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/foi-upr-de.htm#result> of the
Baltic Sea NGO Forum were supported. However ATI is not included directly.
What's next?
* I draft a letter to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and
protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
(http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/foi-freedex.html ) and ask
for comments.
* Bavaria rejected the suggestions of the Human Rights Commissioner of
CoE and rejected access to the reasons. The administrative court in
Munich after 10 month has not even sent the complaint to the
government
(http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/enforce_access_to_information.html
) and I ask for support for a complain to the higher administrative
court.
Meanwhile citizens in 5 German federal states are still denied the human
right of ATI, found in more then 125 states with 5.9 billion people, i.
e. 84 % of the worlds population.
Regards,
Netizen:http://walter.keim.googlepages.com
UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR):
http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/foi-upr-de.htm#result
Will CoE Support the Human Right of Access to Information
in Germany?http://t.co/AavLgnOnz2
Is it possible to enforce access to information in Bavaria?
http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/enforce_access_to_information.html
04/11/2012 14:51, walter.keim wrote:
Dear all,
two of the achievments of the Freedom of Information Advocates Network
(FOIAnet) 10 years ago are:
1) International Recognition as a Human Right
· RTI is now firmly recognised as an internationally guaranteed
human right, with decisions at the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights and European Court of Human
Rights, and global recognition by
the UN Human Rights Committee
2) Rapid Increase in National Legal Recognition
· The number of national RTI laws has more than doubled since
2002, from 42 to 93 countries, comprising
over three-quarters of the world's population, with a concomitant
growth in constitutional recognition for RTI
However Germany does not follow this trend:
1. 84 states with approx.5.5 billion
<http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/10/foi-laws-counts-vary-slightly-depending-on-definitions/>inhabitants
i. e. 78% of the world population give better access to
information then the federal Freedom of Information Law in Germany
(http://rti-rating.org/results.html).
2. More then 115 states(http://right2info.org/laws)with more then5.9
billion inhabitants <foi-list.htm>i. e. 84 % of the worlds
population adopted FOI laws or provisions in constitutions. 5
German states with half of the population lack FOI laws.
3. The UN Convention against Corruption is ratified by 159 states
with more then 6,5 billion inhabitants, but not by Germany
For 10 years I tried to make parliaments
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/petitions.htm>, politicians
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/120215questions.html>, the
press <http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/120727pr.html>, NGOs
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/foi-ngo.htm> and courts
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/enforce_access_to_information.html>
aware of the human right of access to information. However only the
Pirate Party <http://t.co/vxdoGCuf> took note of this.
Both GRECO <http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/1208greco-en.htm>
(States against Corroption) and HRC
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/files/if-dimr-pbt-en.htm> (Human
Rights Committee) did not promote the human right of access to
information.
Is it time to demand that these experts do the jobb they are paid for?
Regards
--
Walter Keim
Netizen:http://walter.keim.googlepages.com
UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss: Deutsche Informationsfreiheits-
gesetze in der Kritik:http://t.co/vxdoGCuf
Is it possible to enforce access to information in Bavaria?
http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/enforce_access_to_information.html
Emne: Who will support Germany?
Dato: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:51:32 +0100
Fra: Walter Keim <walter.k...@gmail.com>
Til: 'Foianet' <foianet@foiadvocates.info>
Germany has to improve the federal FOI law, adopt FOI laws
in 5 local states (Bundesländer), ratify COE and UN
conventions against corruption and improve transparency of
funding of political parties to catch up with Europe,
America, OSCE, OECD and BRIC states (see weakness no. 2,
3, 4, 8, 34, 35 and 52 of National Integrity Report
Transparency Germany).
Who will support Germany?:
http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/foi-ngo.htm
<http://home.broadpark.no/%7Ewkeim/foi-ngo.htm>
--
Walter Keim
Netizen:http://sites.google.com/site/walterkeim/
Who will support transparency in Germany:http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/foi-ngo.htm http://home.broadpark.no/~wkeim/files/if-dimr-pbt-en.htm
