The duty to assist in Canadian Freedom of Information law

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 582-601
Author(s):  
Brendan Roziere ◽  
Kevin Walby
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Information Law

Revisiting Open Government: Recent Developments in Shifting the Boundaries of Government Secrecy under Public Interest Immunity and Freedom of Information Law

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-276
Author(s):  
Anne Cossins
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Disclosure Of Information ◽  
Information Law ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Satisfactory State ◽  
Government Secrecy ◽  
Democratic Norms ◽  
Official Information

Australian law regulating the use and disclosure of official information is in a far from satisfactory state. It suffers from both obscurity and untoward complexity … [and i]t is ill-suited both to contemporary conditions of government and to prevailing constitutional and democratic norms … Notwithstanding the progressive introduction of Freedom of Information regimes in Australia, we have by no means reached — or sought to reach —the position where … the free use and disclosure of information is the norm and secrecy the exception … While the balance is now changing, and desirably so, secrecy endures as the primary obligation and openness the exception…1

Freedom of Information Law and Its Application in Indonesia: A Preliminary Assessment

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Butt
Keyword(s):  
Public Information ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
New Order ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Government Transparency ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Transparency And Accountability ◽  
Public Bodies

AbstractIn 2008, Indonesia introduced its first “freedom of information” statute – Law 14 of 2008 on Disclosure of Public Information (the “FOI Law” or the “Law”) – which became fully operational in 2010. The FOI Law is an important component of the government transparency and accountability mechanisms established after Soeharto and his authoritarian “New Order” government fell in 1998. This article assesses the extent to which the FOI Law has been effective in requiring public bodies to disclose “public” information that they would rather keep within their ranks. More time is needed for these reforms to take hold. However, this article, which provides the first academic analysis of the freedom of information reforms “in practice”, shows that Indonesia’s central Information Commission and the courts have, with two important exceptions, applied the FOI Law in favour of information-seekers, thereby providing some reason for optimism for the future of this reform.

scholarly journals UU KETERBUKAAN INFORMASI PUBLIK ANTARA HARAPAN DAN KENYATAAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Suko Widodo
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Property ◽  
Information Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government

Disclosure of public information is one manifestation of the implementation of good governance where the public information disclosure is the duty of government and public institutions. It refers to the fact that the public information is public property and is not owned by the government and public institutions. Therefore, to be able to meet these conditions, the Freedom of Information Law was established, despite the fact that the law is not so popular in the community, so it is still necessary

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