Law Cases Working Group
Objective
This Working Group should tangibly accelerate progress in concrete ways to advance the knowledge about Law Cases and relevant resolutions regarding access to information with the overarching goal of increasing innovation. These efforts are intended to promote data and knowledge sharing and exchange and best practices in favor of the wellbeing of our communities.
Coordinators
In progress
Members
| Country | Authority / Body |
|---|---|
| Albania | Information and Data Protection Commissioner |
| Argentina | Guarantor Body of the Right of Access to Information of the City of Buenos Aires |
| Brazil | National Secretariat of Access to Information of the Office of the Comptroller General |
| Germany | The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information |
| Hungary | National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information |
| Mexico | Institute for Transparency, Access to Public Information, Personal Data Protection and Accountability of Mexico City |
| Peru | Court of Transparency and Access to Public Information |
| Philippines | Freedom of Information – Project Management Office |
| Portugal | Comissão de Acesso aos Documentos Administrativos |
Activities and Products
Legal Systems Report
This report presents the common points and the diversity in the construction of the Access to Information resolutions that will allow us to issue non-binding administrative criteria.
Exploratory Survey Report on Legal Systems (EN)
Reporte sobre la Encuesta Exploratoria de Sistemas Legales (ES)
Relevant Cases
Integrate a compilation of relevant resolutions regarding Access to Information with the overarching goal of increasing innovation. These efforts are intended to share knowledge and exchange best practices.
List of all cases
- 2024 – Transparency of Institutional Advertising Expenditure and Media Payments - AndalucÃa, Spain
- 2024 - Balancing Access to Public Information and Data Protection: Payroll Disclosure - AndalucÃa, Spain
- 2024 – Access to Police Investigation Report – Caregiver Representative Status – Quebec,Canada
- 2024 - Access to Health Records of a Minor – Lawyer as Legal Representative – Quebec, Canada
- 2024 - Charging Fees for Environmental Information – Scotland
- 2024 - Public Interest and Disclosure of Legal Advice – Scotland
- 2024 - Administrative Silence and Urgent Disclosure of Environmental Information – Serbia
- 2024 - Access to Information on Public Funds Managed by Majority State Owned Companies – Serbia
- 2024 - Improving Public Access to Environmental Information in the Water Sector – UK
- 2024 - Tribunal Confirms Commissioner’s Power to Access Withheld Information – UK
- 2024 - Balancing Public Interest and Burden-Environmental Information – UK
- 2024 - Ensuring Complainants’ Right to Information in Internal Investigations – Uruguay
- 2024 - Transparency in Disciplinary Proceedings Access to Board Decisions – Victoria, Australia
- 2024 – FOI - Protecting Individuals Rights to Accurate Information in Government Reports – Victoria, Australia
- 2024 - Classification of e-mails as Public Documents – Geneve Canton, Switzerland
- 2024 - Order on Publishing Accurate Subsidy Information – Hungary
- 2024 - Transparency on Political Advisers in Ministries – Hungary
- 2024 - Access to Anonymized Migration Databases - Chile
- 2024 - No Disclosure of Documents on Chile-Argentina Border Conflict – Chile
- 2024 - Constitutional Review on Public Information Right – Ecuador
- 2024 - Classified information vs Right to Information – Albania
- 2024 - National Security Exemptions – Albania
- 2024 - No unreasonable delay by the Commissioner in undertaking Information Commissioner reviews – Australia
- 2024 - Public interest test vs ministerial documents – Australia
- 2018 - Journalist v. Public Prosecutor (First Basic Public Prosecutor) – Serbia
- 2014 - NGO vs. Ministry of Social Development – Argentina
- 2012 - NGO vs. National Institute for Social Services for the Elderley and Pensioners
