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Access to information as a human right /
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 righ...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
2012.
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| Series: | Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 231 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781593325053 1593325053 |