[governance] President Carter Disseminates Atlanta Declaration to Advance Right to Information Worldwide

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Thanks for posting this, Bill.

It might be a useful exercise to compile all the existing 
agreements, declarations, etc. on the right to information 
and do some analysis of them from the perspective of 'who', 
'when', 'why' and 'what happened'. 

One of my concerns about engaging in new campaigns 
around rights is that they are often fairly a-historical in their 
approach and strategy.

Perhaps such research has already been done?

Anriette


Date sent:      	Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:43:22 +0200
From:           	William Drake 
<william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>
To:             	Governance <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
Subject:        	[governance] President Carter Disseminates 
Atlanta Declaration to
	Advance Right to Information Worldwide
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> More news from the big bully.  Might be relevant to the rights
> workshop and DC, APC/COE/UNECE initiative on transparency and public
> participation, etc.
> 
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> To: <FREEDOMINFO at HERMES.GWU.EDU>
> Subject: President Carter Disseminates Atlanta Declaration to Advance
> Right to Information Worldwide
> 
> freedominfo.org Update, August 5, 2008
> 
> President Carter Disseminates Atlanta Declaration to Advance Right to
> Information Worldwide
> 
> http://www.freedominfo.org
> 
> For more information contact:
> Laura Neuman, Access to Information Project Manager, The Carter Center
> (404) 420-5146 or lneuman at emory.edu
> 
> Washington, DC, August 5, 2008 - Last month, former U.S. President
> Jimmy Carter forwarded the Atlanta Declaration and Plan of Action for
> the Advancement of the Right to Information to all heads of state and
> leaders of the major international organizations and financial
> institutions. President Carter urged these leaders to ensure the right
> of access to information and its implementation and enforcement.
> 
> The Atlanta Declaration and Plan of Action was the product of the
> Carter Center's International Conference on the Right to Public
> Information, held February 27-29, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.
> Freedominfo.org advocates joined the more than 125 participants,
> representing governments, civil society, international organizations
> and financial institutions, private sector, donors and scholars from
> 40 countries who met to discuss the successes and future challenges to
> the establishment of a right of access to information.
> 
> The Atlanta Declaration and Plan of Action, serving as a framework for
> advancing this human right, finds that access to information is
> fundamental to dignity, equity and peace with justice, and that a lack
> of access to information disproportionately affects the poor, women
> and other vulnerable and marginalized societies. The Declaration calls
> on all states and intergovernmental organizations to enact legislation
> and instruments for the exercise, full implementation and effective
> enforcement of this right. It further encourages all stakeholders to
> take concrete steps to establish, develop, protect and promote the
> right of access to information. The Declaration is available in
> Spanish, French, and Chinese.
> 
> For additional information related to the conference and materials,
> please visit the Carter Center's Access to Information project website
> at http://www.cartercenter.org/peace/americas/information.html or
> contact Laura Neuman, Access to Information Project Manager, The
> Carter Center, at (404) 420-5146 or lneuman at emory.edu.
> 
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