Congratulations to the Serbian colleagues!
The ECtHR confirms the approach taken in Tarsasag and Kenedi cases, but it is again Section Two. So Toby, to what extent the move is decisive is perhaps still to be seen. Brief reasoning indeed, but the international documents paragraph in the decision is definitely a step ahead. All the best, Sasho Alexander Kashumov, attorney-at-law Head of Legal Team Access to Information Programme 76 Vassil Levski Blvd. Apt.3 1142 Sofia, Bulgaria + 3592 9885062; 9867709 E-mail: kashu...@aip-bg.org From: foianet-boun...@lists.foiadvocates.info [mailto:foianet-boun...@lists.foiadvocates.info] On Behalf Of Toby Mendel Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 5:24 PM To: Foianet (foianet@foiadvocates.info) Subject: [foianet] Another RTI case Hi all, The latest RTI case from the European Court of Human Rights: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-120955. Very little in the way of reasoning (although it quotes extensively from Joint Declarations adopted by the Special Rapporteurs), but it generally confirms that the Court has moved decisively away from its former position that the guarantee of the right to receive information in the European Convention was primarily to protect receipt of information others wished to impart to you, and that it now recognises a right to access information held by public bodies. Best, Toby ___________________________________ Toby Mendel Executive Director Centre for Law and Democracy <mailto:t...@law-democracy.org> t...@law-democracy.org Tel: +1 902 431-3688 Fax: +1 902 431-3689 www.law-democracy.org Begin forwarded message: <http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-120955> http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-120955
