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22:52 Mar 5, 2011 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Business/Commerce (general) / Licitación Pública | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Barbara Cochran, MFA United States Local time: 01:12 | ||||||
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4 +3 | right of petition |
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4 +2 | right to information |
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El derecho de petición acá en Colombia (Constitución 1991) |
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right to information Explanation: It refers to the concept of 'transparency'. Colombian Constitution: Art. 23. Toda persona tiene derecho a presentar peticiones respetuosas a las autoridades por motivos de interés general o particular y a obtener pronta resolución. El legislador podrá reglamentar su ejercicio ante organizaciones privadas para garantizar los derechos fundamentales. Right to Information : Queensland Government - [ Traducir esta página ]3 Feb 2011 ... Information on accessing Right to Information (RTI) www.qld.gov.au/right-to-information/ - En memoria caché - SimilarRTI - Right to Information - [ Traducir esta página ]Now we have a right to question governments. The Parliament of India has passed Right to Information Laws, which empower citizens to question the government ... www.righttoinformation.org/ - En memoria caché - SimilarRight to information: right of citizenshipver. 2.00. contatore utenti connessi. www.right-to-information.eu/ - En memoria caché - Similar -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2011-03-05 22:58:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ups! Forgot the Colombian constitution webref: http://www.bibliotecasvirtuales.com/biblioteca/Constitucione... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2011-03-06 12:28:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The right set out in the Colombian law is similar in form and purpose to that given in Art. 1 of the "UK Freedom of Information Act, 2000", which can be consulted here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents 1 General right of access to information held by public authorities. (1)Any person making a request for information to a public authority is entitled—. (a)to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information of the description specified in the request, and. (b)if that is the case, to have that information communicated to him.. (2)Subsection (1) has effect subject to the following provisions of this section and to the provisions of sections 2, 9, 12 and 14.. (3)Where a public authority—. (a)reasonably requires further information in order to identify and locate the information requested, and. (b)has informed the applicant of that requirement,. the authority is not obliged to comply with subsection (1) unless it is supplied with that further information. (4)The information—. (a)in respect of which the applicant is to be informed under subsection (1)(a), or. (b)which is to be communicated under subsection (1)(b),. is the information in question held at the time when the request is received, except that account may be taken of any amendment or deletion made between that time and the time when the information is to be communicated under subsection (1)(b), being an amendment or deletion that would have been made regardless of the receipt of the request. (5)A public authority is to be taken to have complied with subsection (1)(a) in relation to any information if it has communicated the information to the applicant in accordance with subsection (1)(b).. (6)In this Act, the duty of a public authority to comply with subsection (1)(a) is referred to as “the duty to confirm or deny”.. |
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