Yesterday, the 16th International Day of the Public’s Right to Know was organized in the Club of Deputies, organized by the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection.
“This day is celebrated in anticipation of adoption Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance, which should lead to easier, larger and more efficient exercise of this right “, said Commissioner Milan Marinović, on the occasion of marking the International Day of the Right of the Public to Know.
By adopting these amendments to the Law, the institution of the Commissioner would have the right to request from any authority in Serbia access to information and request the submission of all documents to determine whether a violation has occurred. Also, the “silence of the administration” would be sanctioned on the submitted request for free access to information of public importance by imposing a fine in a fixed amount by the Commissioner.
In addition to Commissioner Marinovic, representatives of foreign delegation: head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Emanuele Jiofre, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Mr. Jan Bratu, Head of the Council of Europe Mission in Belgrade Tobias Flesenkemper and the Acting Director of the USAID Mission in Serbia, Ms. Susan Fritz.
They agreed that amendments to the law are necessary to increase transparency in the work of public authorities and praised the work of the Commissioner’s institution the right of the public to know, as a significant support to the strengthening of democracy in Serbia.
The Commissioner also awarded prizes to bodies that have contributed to the improvement of the right to free access to information for 2021. In the category of the highest state bodies, the award was given to the Supreme Court of Cassation, in the category of republic bodies to the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government, in the category of judicial bodies to the Court of Appeals in Kragujevac, in the category of provincial bodies to the Assembly of AP Vojvodina. The award was given to the High Court in Kragujevac.
After two years without laureates, a special recognition for the greatest contribution to the affirmation of the right to access information was given to USAID, which provided a large assistance in raising the visibility of the Commissioner’s institution, in creating logos, organizing a large number of trainings, educational materials and forums on current issues in the field of this right.
“If the Draft Law is adopted, the Commissioner would have the opportunity to open offices outside its headquarters, which would finally give all citizens of Serbia equal access to this institute
Assistant Secretary General Slavoljupka Pavlović presented the jubilee X publication “Attitudes and Opinions of the Commissioner” .
This day is marked in cooperation with the OSCE Mission. The recording of the event can be viewed on the official YouTube channel of the Commissioner .
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