Institutions Guaranteeing Access to Information
OECD and MENA Region
Thanks to comparative tables and precise examples, this report offers an overall picture of the institutions guaranteeing access to information (IGAI) in OECD member countries. While it does not provide a comprehensive analysis of each of these institutions, it examines the legislation, the composition, and operation of the IGAIs as well as their missions regarding the spontaneous disclosure and appeals following access to information requests.
Similarly, the report carries out an overall analysis of the access to information legislation of Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia, and of the legal and practical context of their IGAIs. In particular, it offers ways to make the implementation of this legislation more effective, at a time when these countries’ citizens are very keen on increased access to information.
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The evolution of the right to access information
First, this chapter looks at developments in the political situation that have favoured the right to access information, and at times its constitutionalisation, in certain MENA region countries. It then considers that Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia have signed international conventions containing provisions regarding the right to access information, and that they cooperate actively with international organisations in this field. Lastly, it observes that the recent legal changes in these countries have not always simplified the right to access information, which remains insufficiently applied by the government and poorly used by citizens and civil society.
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