Hi all, This is a very old email that seems to be recirculating for some reason.
Toby On 9 Jan 2009, at 18:53, a19law at eastlink.ca wrote: > Hi all, > > I am not sure exactly what criteria Roger is using to place > countries on his list, but I thought it took more than an article in > a law dealing mostly with other matters. If this is enough, I > suspect that there are other countries that we need to add to the > list or move back in time to the point where they first had > something like this. I personally would advocate in favour of > restricting the list to what might credibly be described as a 'full' > FOI law, even if this means sacrificing Colombia's second place medal! > > Toby > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andres Mejia <andresmejia07 at googlemail.com> > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009 12:21 pm > Subject: Re: [foianet] List of countries which adopted FOI Laws > >> Hi Peter, >> >> The Code of Political and Municipal Organization (R?gimen Pol?tico >> Municipal) dates from 1914 and it is identified as Law 4 of 1914. >> But you >> are right, it has an article which allows all individuals to ask >> for copies >> of public documents resting in admnistrative offices and in the >> archive of >> the legislative organ on the municipal level, as long as the >> documents are >> not classified. >> This does give Colombia an honourable second place in the >> chronologicaladoption of access to public document provisions with >> Law 4 of 1914. >> Apologies for my mistake but I knew no law dating form 1888 as >> stated in the >> document and thank you very much for your clarification. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Andr?s Mej?a >> IPYS - Colombia >> >> >> >> 2009/1/9 Peter Noorlander <peter.noorlander at mediadefence.org> >> >>> Hi Andres, >>> >>> >>> >>> This is surprising. It has been widely assumed that the 1888 Code of >>> Political and Municipal Organization allowed individuals to request >>> documents held in government agencies and archives, unless >> release of these >>> documents was specifically forbidden by another law. Dave >> Banisar's survey ( >>> http://www.privacyinternational.org/foi/foisurvey2006.pdf for the >> latest> update) cites to a 1994 publication as authority for that: >> "Alberto Donadio, >>> Freedom of Information in Colombia, Access Reports, 16 February >> 1994." Are >>> you saying this Code never existed? >>> >>> >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From:* foianet-bounces at foiadvocates.info [mailto: >>> foianet-bounces at foiadvocates.info] *On Behalf Of *Andres Mejia >>> *Sent:* 08 January 2009 22:03 >>> *To:* Edison Lanza >>> *Cc:* Said Essoulami; Foianet, >>> *Subject:* Re: [foianet] List of countries which adopted FOI Laws >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear Roger, >>> >>> >>> >>> The list gives Colombia an honorable secod place in the >> chronological list >>> of FOI Acts after Sweden. How ever, as far as I am concern there is >>> no access to information law from 1888. There was the >> Constitution of 1886 >>> which had the right of every citizen to make formal petitions to >> government> authorities and to receive short term anwsers, but such >> a right did nor >>> include the right to acces public documents or to have access to >> public> information, right which was adopted with law 57 of the >> year 1985 and was >>> later taken to a constitutional level by the reform of 1991. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Andr?s Mej?a >>> >>> IPYS - Colombia. >>> >>> 2009/1/5 Edison Lanza <lanzas at adinet.com.uy> >>> >>> Dear Roger. Uruguay adopted de FOI Law on october 2008. >>> >>> Edison, Best regards >>> >>> >>> >>> El 02/01/2009, a las 11:11 AM, Roger Vleugels escribi?: >>> >>> Dear Said [and FOIANet members], >>> >>> This is the list. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Roger Vleugels >>> >>> Lecturer and legal advisor FOIA >>> Editor/publisher of Fringe [free of charge email journals a.o. on >> FOIA]> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Said Essoulami >>> To: foianet at foiadvocates.info >>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 2:07 PM >>> Subject: [foianet] List of countries which adopted FOI Laws >>> >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> Recently someone was working on a list of countries which have >> adopted FOI >>> laws. Is this list available somewhere in a website? We need it >> for a >>> presentation in Morocco. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> all the best, >>> >>> Said >>> >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Said Essoulami >>> Executive Director >>> >>> CMF MENA >>> 154, Bd. Bir Anzarane >>> Bat. B >>> Maarif, Casablanca >>> Maroc >>> Tel: 00 212 22995856 >>> Fax: 00 212 22995854 >>> Mobile: 00 212 72308890 >>> >>> 17, Harold Road >>> N8 7DE >>> London >>> U.K >>> 00 44 20 83414025 >>> >>> info at cmfmena.org >>> www.cmfmena.org (apologies: under reconstruction) >>> AOL Email goes Mobile! 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