However Germany does not follow this
trend:
- 84 states with approx. 5.5
billion inhabitants i. e. 78% of the world population give
better access to information then the federal Freedom of Information
Law in Germany (http://www.rti-rating.org/country-data/).
- more than 115 states (http://right2info.org/laws) with
more then 5.9 billion inhabitants i.
e. 84 % of the worlds population adopted FOI laws or provisions in
constitutions. 5 German states with half of the population lack FOI
laws.
- The UN Convention against Corruption is ratified by more than 159
states with more then 6,5 billion inhabitants, but not by Germany
However national
authorities, regional ( EU,
CoE, OSCE )
and global mechanisms (HRC: CCPR)
did not support access to information and anticorruption in Germany.
Since 2001 I tried to make
parliaments,
politicians,
the
press,
NGOs and
courts
aware of the human right of access to information. However only the
Pirate
Party seems to take note of this in Germany.
EU (
Parliament,
Commission,
Agency
for Fundamental Rights),
Council of Europe
(
Parliament,
Commissioner
for Human Rights, ECHR),
International
Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), and
OSCE
did not help.
Both
GRECO
(States against Corruption) and
HRC
(UN Human Rights Committee) did not support the human right of access to
information.
Is it time to demand that these experts do the job they are paid for?
Regards
--
Walter Keim
Netizen: http://walter.keim.googlepages.com
UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss: Deutsche Informationsfreiheits-
gesetze in der Kritik: http://t.co/vxdoGCuf
Is it possible to enforce access to information in Bavaria?
http://wkeim.bplaced.net/files/enforce_access_to_information.html
Follow-up:
Germany has to improve the federal FOI law, adopt FOI laws in 5 local
states (Bundesländer), ratify COE and UN conventions against corruption
and improve transparency of funding of political parties to catch up with
Europe, America, OSCE, OECD and BRIC states (see
weakness
no. 2, 3, 4, 8, 34, 35 and 52 of National Integrity Report Transparency
Germany).
Who will support Germany?:
http://wkeim.bplaced.net/foi-ngo.htm
--
Walter Keim
Netizen: http://sites.google.com/site/walterkeim/
Who will support transparency in Germany: http://wkeim.bplaced.net/foi-ngo.htm
http://wkeim.bplaced.net/files/foi-ccpr-de.htm
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