Freedom of information: new Commission – Written statements to Parliament – GOV.UK

[Legal Beagles]

We fully support the Freedom of Information Act but after more than a decade in operation it is time that the process is reviewed, to make sure it’s working effectively. The government has therefore today established an independent, cross-party Commission on Freedom of Information. The Commission’s terms of reference are as follows: The Commission will... Read more »
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[Sparkie1723]

Re: Freedom of information: new Commission – Written statements to Parliament – GOV.U

Hope this “ Commission takes note of this Strasburgh Court ruling on Freedom of Information ....the right to the truth and disclosure……( 17 Judges)
This is one of the reasons Cameron wants out of the EU.........in my senile opinion
http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2012/12/31/extraordinary-rendition-gets-to-strasbourg-a-right-to-the-truth/cia/#mainets to Strasbourg – a right to the truth
a little extract below
“give real substance to the right to an effective remedy enshrined in Article 13, which includes a right of access to relevant information about alleged violations, both for the persons concerned and for the general public.
The right to the truth is not a novel concept in our case-law, and nor is it a new right. Indeed, it is broadly implicit in other provisions of the Convention, in particular the procedural aspect of Articles 2 and 3, which guarantee the right to an investigation involving the applicant and subject to public scrutiny.
In practice, the search for the truth is the objective purpose of the obligation to carry out an investigation and the raison d’ętre of the related quality requirements (transparency, diligence, independence, access, disclosure of results and scrutiny). For society in general, the desire to ascertain the truth plays a part in strengthening confidence in public institutions and hence the rule of law. For those concerned – the victims’ families and close friends – establishing the true facts and securing an acknowledgment of serious breaches of human rights and humanitarian law constitute forms of redress that are just as important as compensation, and sometimes even more so. Ultimately, the wall of silence and the cloak of secrecy prevent these people from making any sense of what they have experienced and are the greatest obstacles to their recovery.
But 3 judges thought that the Court had gone too far in articulating such a right to truth”
Therefore, as far as the right to the truth is concerned, it is the victim, and not the general public, who is entitled to this right as resulting from Article 3 of the Convention, in the light of the Court’s case-law.

[MIKE770]

Re: Freedom of information: new Commission – Written statements to Parliament – GOV.U

Cameron and his cronies think they know more than any of the Judges at the Strasburgh court, no wonder we are in a mess led by self certified idiots

[Sparkie1723]

Re: Freedom of information: new Commission – Written statements to Parliament – GOV.U

Cameron and his cronies think they know more than any of the Judges at the Strasburgh court, no wonder we are in a mess led by self certified idiots

I agree MIKE.....this was ruling against a government......not just a government body such as the FCA and others like it.
Sparkie