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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT

ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT. FXI TRAINING Theory & Practice 09 / 2005 By titus moetsabi. HUMAN RIGHTS. CLAIMS THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING IS ENTITLED TO IN ORDER TO LIVE A PEACEFUL, FREE AND HAPPY LIFE. CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS; & SOCIO-ECONMIC RGHTS

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT

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  1. ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT FXI TRAINING Theory & Practice 09 / 2005 By titus moetsabi

  2. HUMAN RIGHTS • CLAIMS THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING IS ENTITLED TO IN ORDER TO LIVE A PEACEFUL, FREE AND HAPPY LIFE. • CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS; & SOCIO-ECONMIC RGHTS • ALL RIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL, UNIVERSAL, EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS & CANNOT BE SEPARATED.

  3. PRECEDENCE Government of South Africa & Others v Grootboom & Other “The satisfaction of economic, social and cultural rights is a guarantee for the enjoyment of civil & political rights.”

  4. CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS • Equality • Human dignity • Freedom of security of person • Privacy • Freedom of religion , belief & opinion • Freedom of expression • Assembly, demonstration, picket & petition

  5. Civil & Political Rights • Freedom of Association • Political rights • Citizenship • Freedom of movement • Freedom of trade, occupation and profession • Labour rights

  6. SOCIAL & ECONOMIC RIGHTS • Right to education • Right to Food • Right to Health • Right to Land • Right to Water • Right to Environmental rights • Right to social security • Right to housing

  7. OBLIGATIONS OF STATE • S 7 (2) SA Constitution: • Respect • Protect • Promote • Fulfill

  8. The State Institutions • Public Protector • South African Human Rights Commission • Commission for the Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious & Linguistic Communities • The Commission for Gender Equality • The Auditor-General • He Electoral Commission

  9. Right to Information • Embodied in Constitution • Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000 • Facilitates accountable & democratic government • Government power open to public scrutiny • Allows individual to access info that may have impact on other rights in Bill of Rights • ATI essential for realisation & protection of other rights in Bill of Rights

  10. Right to Information • Right contains substantive content of its own • Interrelated & mutually supporting other rights • RTI Plays overarching & enabling role • Plays crucial role in realisation of socio-economic rights

  11. M & E • Process • qualitative • quantitative • Deliverables • Individual change • Social change

  12. Thanks

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