[The core principles include:] Disclosure takes precedence. To ensure maximum disclosure, laws which are inconsistent with this principle should be amended or repealed. The regime of exceptions provided for in the freedom of information law should be comprehensive and other laws should not be permitted to extend it;
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/362, para. 76h.