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Access to State-Held Information as a Fundamental Right under the European Convention on Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2007

Wouter Hins  and
Dirk Voorhoof
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Abstract

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Access to state-held information essential in a democratic society – Traditional reluctance of the European Court of Human Rights to apply Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights in access to information cases – Positive obligations and new perspectives: initiatives within the Council of Europe – Parallel with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights – Sdruženi Jihočeské Matky decision of the European Court: the beginning of a new era?

Keywords

European Court of Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human RightsFundamental RightAccess to State-held InformationDemocratic SocietyMatkyInter-American Court of Human RightsPositive Obligations
Type
Articles
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 114 - 126
Copyright
Asser Press 2007