After yesterday‘s decision by the Constitutional Court to annul the recently adopted amendments to the Freedom of Information Act, GONG believes that the Government and the Parliament got a new chance to improve the Act by which they can guarantee the achievement of one of the fundamental human rights. The decision by the Constitutional Court…
Tag: Access to information
Changes of Freedom of Information Act: Much ado about nothing
Retrograde changes are threatening the fight against corruption and efforts for raising responsibility of public bodies. Adoption of the amendment on the Final proposition of changes to the Freedom of Information Act as suggested by the Parliament Board on internal politics and national security would cause irreparable harm to the spirit of the law and…
The Right of Access to Information: progress, yet doubts in the political will remain
Due to the fact that a new draft proposal of the Right of Access to information act is currently undergoing parliamentary procedure and is soon expected to be voted upon, GONG organized a public discussion in order to analyze the proposed draft and make further recommendations to the legislator. “High school education is falling to…
Second seminar for judges, lawyers and journalists held in Rovinj
The second seminar of the EU funded project “Implementation of the Aarhus convention in the Adriatic region countries” was held from November 4-7, 2010 in hotel Park in Rovinj, Croatia. The organisers of the seminar are civil society organizations GONG and Green Istria, together with partner organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Italy and Belgium.…
Government rejects GONG’s request for copies of all items on agendas of closed-door sessions
The government on Thursday adopted a proposed decision to reject a request by the non-governmental organisation GONG to provide it with copies of all items on the agendas of government sessions held behind closed doors during its present term in office. ZAGREB, April 16 (Hina) – The government on Thursday adopted a proposed decision to…
NGOs slam report on implementation of law on right to access to information
A report on the implementation of legislation regulating the right to access to information which was submitted by the Central State Office for Administration to the Government last week, is lacking, inconsistent and tendentious, representatives of several nongovernmental organisations told a news conference in Zagreb on Wednesday. ZAGREB, March 25 (Hina) – A report on…