Los derechos de acceso en el Ecuador y el derecho de consulta previa, libre e informada
Como parte del proyecto “The Access Initiative (TAI): Legal Empowerment of Vulnerable Communities in Latin America” desarrollamos un análisis de la legislación vigente sobre el derecho de consulta previa, libre e informada en el marco de los derechos de participación reconocidos en el Principio 10 de la Declaración de Río.
Access to information could land you in jail
Original article from The Observer http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=comcontent&task=view&id=25192&Itemid=114&utmsource=feedly
One day Abadallah walked to the National Forestry Authority as a concerned citizen seeking to get information about licensing forest reserves.
New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia
(Original article posted by Carole Excell on WRI Insights on May 9, 2013: http://insights.wri.org/news/2013/05/new-jakarta-declaration...)
UK now in settlement talks with Mau Mau torture survivors
Per the Guardian (UK) article, below: Litigation in UK uncovered over 8,000 files regarding 37 former UK colonies a year ago, amongst them, a June 1957 memo from then attorney general of the British administration in Kenya, which included the statement on mistreatment of the detainees as “distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or Communist Russia,” but that beatings could be sanctioned, as long as the abuse was kept secret.
Hungarian Parliament to curtail freedom of information legislation
Some recent and rather sad news on freedom of information from Hungary. http://atlatszo.hu/2013/04/29/hungarian-parliament-to-curtai...
The Bill was submitted to the Parliament on Sunday (see the date on the document http://www.parlament.hu/irom39/10904/10904.pdf) and the Parliament after a very thorough consideration adopted it today in the morning.
The timing of the adoption of the Bill, that was rushed through the Parliament, perfectly shows Hungary’s commitment to principles of open government as the country officially joined the OGP last week.
El acceso a la información ambiental
(Spanish only)
Cuando los países firmaron, en 1992, la Declaración de Río, en la Primera Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre Ambiente y Desarrollo, incluyeron el principio 10, que hoy se conoce como el que establece los derechos de acceso.
Media Coverage of STRIPE Regional Meeting
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Jakarta Declaration on Strengthening the Right to Information for People and the Environment
WRI’s Access Initiative hosted a regional meeting in Jakarta to propose new actions to improve the current right of access to environmental information in the Asian region. The event provided a space for peer learning about issues faced by communities in seeking access to environmental information through the use of freedom of information laws and promotion of proactive release of environmental information.
El Amicus Curiae: perspectivas para su uso desde el derecho ambiental
El boletín Temas de Análisis de abril de 2013, corresponde al Amicus Curiae (amigo de la curia o amigo del tribunal), un instituto de derecho procesal que permite la presentación de razonamientos jurídicos o interdisciplinarios a quienes no son parte procesal en causas de incidencia colectiva o que generan interés público, con el objeto de aportar a la consecución de la justicia.
