Access to information as a human right [[electronic resource] /] / Cheryl Ann Bishop
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| Autore: |
Bishop Cheryl Ann <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Access to information as a human right [[electronic resource] /] / Cheryl Ann Bishop
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| Pubblicazione: | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.08/53 |
| Soggetto topico: | Freedom of information |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Access to information as a human right |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-505-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812754503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Law and society (New York, N.Y.)