02418nam 2200577 a 450 991095773690332120240313070530.097815933250531593325053(CKB)2670000000186636(EBL)1057788(OCoLC)818819093(SSID)ssj0000622540(PQKBManifestationID)12291079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622540(PQKBWorkID)10642457(PQKB)11276589(Au-PeEL)EBL1057788(CaPaEBR)ebr10511651(MiAaPQ)EBC1057788(Perlego)1974917(EXLCZ)99267000000018663620110829d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAccess to information as a human right /Cheryl Ann Bishop1st ed.El Paso LFB Scholarly Pub.20121 online resource (241 p.)Law and societyDescription based upon print version of record.9781593324599 1593324596 Includes bibliographical references and index.Freedom-of-expression conceptualization -- Information-privacy conceptualization -- Right-to-a-healthy-environment conceptualization -- Right-to-truth conceptualization -- Conclusions.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 oLaw and society (New York, N.Y.)Freedom of informationFreedom of information.342.08/53Bishop Cheryl Ann1964-1811208MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957736903321Access to information as a human right4362947UNINA