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Hungarian Civil Liberties Union tasz.hu

Hungarian Civil Liberties Union www.tasz.hu. Ádám Földes Strategic Litigation in Freedom of I nformation. Activities of HCLU. public advocacy. legal aid. litigation. Civil liberties patients rights, reproductive rights, HIV/AIDS , Hepatitis patients, psychiatric patients

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Hungarian Civil Liberties Union tasz.hu

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  1. Hungarian Civil Liberties Unionwww.tasz.hu Ádám Földes Strategic Litigation in Freedom of Information

  2. Activities of HCLU public advocacy legal aid litigation • Civil liberties • patients rights, reproductive rights, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis patients, psychiatric patients • Freedom of information, privacy • Drug policy

  3. Aims • freedom of information can be an instrument for the orgainzation’s other issues, but lessons learned are also useful in • FOI for FOI - challenge the exemptions - test the current law - help public advocacy of FOI

  4. How to find the case? • the client comes in • the HCLU contacts the client • HCLU is the client • no client /class of clients cases • someone else has the client

  5. the client comes in / HCLU contacts the client – legal aid − the legal problem is given / selection − almost no planning − the client is exposed − weighty stories − no control over the story/client

  6. HCLU is the client – planning − the legal problem is chosen − sometimes the HCLU employees are exposed − divisive stories − full control over the story

  7. no client / class of clients cases – extra-judicial cases: Parliamentary Commissioner, Constitutional Court, other − planning − the legal problem is chosen − less tangible ~ difficult to communicate − no deadline ~ difficult to communicate − full control over the story

  8. someone else has the client –no planning − the legal problem is given / selection −better impact − more expertise − cooperation or concurrence ? −limited control over the story

  9. Planning I. time • Program of the Government (for 4 years) • legislative plan of the Parliament (for 6 months) • European Union legislation • international agreements sources of issues • cases of the Parliamentary Commissioner • legal aid • media • legislation

  10. Planning II. evergreens: - rise & disappear novelty: - raise attention

  11. Outcomes I. • good sentences of higher courts: re-use & publicize • bad sentences of higher courts: re-interpret publicize media widely used jurisprudence re-interpret by legislation

  12. Outcomes II. (lost cases) • lost-won cases • cement the interpretation • continue at Constituional Court, international courts, etc.

  13. Thank you for your attention! Hungarian Civil Liberties Union www.tasz.hu foldes@tasz.hu

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