Strengthening freedom of information law and practice in Tajikistan
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28705&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>28-05-2009 (Dushanbe)
An international workshop has produced a set of recommendations aimed at strengthening the right to information in Tajikistan. Entitled "Right to Information in Tajikistan: Law and Practice", the workshop took place from 1 to 3 May 2009 in Khodja Obi Garm, outside of the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.
The local NGO, Civil Initiative on Policy of Internet (CIPI), partnered with the UNESCO Office in Almaty, Open Society - Tajikistan and the Internews Network in Dushanbe to organize this meeting.
The workshop offered participants an opportunity to discuss in depth the new law on information signed by the President the Republic of Tajikistan in August 2008. Authors of this Tajik law, together with policy makers, and international and local experts on access to information, analyzed the law during the three-day event. A representative from the London-based organization focusing on freedom of expression and freedom of information, Article 19, contributed a human rights perspective to the discussion.
Participants engaged in a lively debate; experts compared the compatibility of the Tajik information law with the current information environment, as well as with international standards. They gained understanding of the role of access to information in general and of the benefit for Tajikistan from the application of international standards in particular.
The recommendations adopted at the workshop reflect the common desire among participants for improving the legal basis for access to information in Tajikistan. They have now been released for public dissemination and use by Tajik policymakers in further development and implementation of the law. The full text of these recommendations is available in PDF document below.
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workshop_recommendations.pdf
The workshop offered participants an opportunity to discuss in depth the new law on information signed by the President the Republic of Tajikistan in August 2008. Authors of this Tajik law, together with policy makers, and international and local experts on access to information, analyzed the law during the three-day event. A representative from the London-based organization focusing on freedom of expression and freedom of information, Article 19, contributed a human rights perspective to the discussion.
Participants engaged in a lively debate; experts compared the compatibility of the Tajik information law with the current information environment, as well as with international standards. They gained understanding of the role of access to information in general and of the benefit for Tajikistan from the application of international standards in particular.
The recommendations adopted at the workshop reflect the common desire among participants for improving the legal basis for access to information in Tajikistan. They have now been released for public dissemination and use by Tajik policymakers in further development and implementation of the law. The full text of these recommendations is available in PDF document below.
File
workshop_recommendations.pdf
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