Access to Information in the Middle East and North Africa Region : An Overview of Recent Developments in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia
The right to access and request information is enshrined in article 19 of the universal declaration of human rights. Access to information (ATI) plays an essential role for promoting accountability and citizens ability to monitor the actions of the...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25228265/access-information-middle-east-north-africa-region-overview-recent-developments-jordan-lebanon-morocco-tunisia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22978 |
| Summary: | The right to access and request
information is enshrined in article 19 of the universal
declaration of human rights. Access to information (ATI)
plays an essential role for promoting accountability and
citizens ability to monitor the actions of the government,
and it contributes to participatory development. The goal of
this report is to provide an overview of the situation of
access to information in the Middle East and North Africa
(MNA) region, in particular the cases of Jordan, Lebanon,
Morocco, and Tunisia. This report looks at previous and
current efforts for promoting ATI in the region in order to
facilitate knowledge exchange among ATI practitioners across
those countries and to help them identify areas for
collaboration in the region. For each country, this report
will first examine the legal and or institutional framework,
including a range of factors such as constitutional
provisions, restrictive legislation, relevant regional and
international conventions, and key administrative bodies.
Government initiatives affecting the right of ATI are then
considered in detail for each country. This report examines
the practice of ATI for each of these four countries,
including the use and implementation of ATI legislation or
other applicable transparency provisions. Finally, a summary
of recent developments of the ATI coalitions and campaigns
in these countries is provided. |
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