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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790263903321

Autore

Bishop Cheryl Ann <1964->

Titolo

Access to information as a human right [[electronic resource] /] / Cheryl Ann Bishop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-59332-505-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Law and society

Disciplina

342.08/53

Soggetti

Freedom of information

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Freedom-of-expression conceptualization -- Information-privacy conceptualization -- Right-to-a-healthy-environment conceptualization -- Right-to-truth conceptualization -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Conceptualizing access to government information as a human right is a new development in the global trend promoting institutional transparency. Bishop provides a comprehensive examination of international human rights law and explains four conceptualizations of access to information as a human right. Rights to information have been linked to the right to free expression, the right to privacy, and the right to a healthy environment, and the right to the truth about human rights abuses. She concludes that a human right to access information is evolving in disparate ways. The current evolution o