dc.description.abstract | Citizen and media right to access to information generated and received by public institutions is essential for controlling corrupt practices, which flourish wherever there are low levels of transparency and accountability. This paper explores the theoretical basis as well as the ethical and political justifications for the right, and introduces the legal and strategic framework for using information access to promote the culture of transparency and accountability, especially the promotion and exercise of personal right of access to public information of value to public interests.
The paper uses the right to information (RTI) law as a concrete instrument for enabling broad citizen right to information and the cognate government obligation to provide mandatory access to citizens and other legal persons, as a means of demonstrating openness, transparency and accountability in its operations. The primary goal is to demonstrate why it is imperative for the core RTI law to be supported by other instruments to form a full complement of information framework. | en |
dc.title | Legal strategic framework for entrenching the right to public information as the bedrock of the culture of transparancy and accountability in African countries | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa: | en |
ags.publisherName | UN. ECA, | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | AFR | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-13T13:31:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-12-13T13:31:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/17635 | |
dc.format.extent | 9 p. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.type | Conference document | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND EQUITY::CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE::CORRUPTION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND EQUITY::HUMAN RIGHTS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION::ACCOUNTABILITY | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND REFERENCE WORKS::ACCESS TO INFORMATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::QUESTIONS SOCIALES::CRIMINALITE ET JUSTICE CRIMINELLE::CORRUPTION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CUESTIONES SOCIALES::DELITO Y JUSTICIA PENAL::CORRUPCION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::QUESTIONS SOCIALES::DROITS DE L'HOMME | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CUESTIONES SOCIALES::DERECHOS HUMANOS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE::RESPONSABILISATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::ADMINISTRACION PUBLICA::RENDICION DE CUENTAS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, BIBLIOTECHONOMIE, SCIENCES DE L'INFORMATION, OUVRAGES DE REFERENCE::ACCES A L'INFORMATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURA::DOCUMENTACION, BIBLIOTECOLOGIA, CIENCIA DE LA INFORMACION, MATERIAL DE REFERENCIA::ACCESO A LA INFORMACION | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Azubuike, Abraham | |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations.Economic Commission for Africa | |
ags.creatorConference | UN. ECA International Conference on "Institutions, Culture and Corruption in africa" (2008, October 13- 15 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) | |
ags.creatorConference | United Nations.Economic Commission for Africa | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CORRUPTION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | HUMAN RIGHTS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCOUNTABILITY | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CORRUPTION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CORRUPCION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DROITS DE L'HOMME | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DERECHOS HUMANOS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | RESPONSABILISATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | RENDICION DE CUENTAS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCES A L'INFORMATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCESO A LA INFORMACION | |
ags.subjectClassification | 15.00.00 Culture and information | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 19076 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 2008 | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
ags.rights.termsofuse | public | |
ags.JN | 67734 | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |