Access to information in international organizations 2017, para. 36
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- Organizations should also avoid limiting who may make requests for information. Just as article 19 of the International Covenant guarantees everyone’s access to information, without limiting or defining “everyone”, intergovernmental organizations should be open to requests regardless of the requester, without regard to concepts such as “standing” or “harm” to demonstrate a reason for the request. A person or entity making a request should not be required to provide a justification for it. In order to demonstrate that everyone should enjoy such access, policies should keep costs to the absolute minimum, eliminating fees to the greatest extent possible.
- 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
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph focus
- Key elements of an access-to-information policy
- Paragraph number
- 36
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