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137. UN General Assembly Resolution 2200A(XXI), 16 December 1966, in force 23 March
1976.
138. See, for example, Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme et des Libertes v. Chad,
October 1995, Communication No. 74/92 (African Commission on Human and
Peoples’ Rights); Miranda v. Mexico, 13 April 1999, Report No. 5/99, Case No. 11.739
(Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) and Özgür Gündemv. Turkey, 16 March
2000, Application No. 23144/93 (European Court of Human Rights).
139. See, for example, Fuentes Bobo v. Spain, 29 February 2000, Application No. 39293/98
(European Court of Human Rights); and Wilson and the NUJ and others v. the United
Kingdom, 2 July 2002, Application Nos. 30668/96, 30671/96 and 30678/96 (European
Court of Human Rights).
140. See, for example, Vgt Verein gegen Tierfabriken v. Switzerland, 28 June 2001, Application
No. 24699/94 (European Court of Human Rights); Vereinigung Demokratischer Soldaten
Österreichs and Gubi v. Austria, 19 December 1994, Application No. 15153/89 (European
Court of Human Rights); and Platform Ärtze fur das Leben v. Austria, 25 May 1988,
Application No. 10126/82 (European Court of Human Rights).
141. See, Mukong v. Cameroon, 21 July 1994, Communication No. 458/1991 (UN Human
Rights Committee), para. 9.7.
142. Thorgeirson v. Iceland, 25 June 1992, Application No.13778/88, para. 63.
143. The Sunday Times v. United Kingdom, 26 April 1979, Application No.13166/87, 2 EHRR
245, para. 49 (European Court of Human Rights).
144 Lingens v. Austria, 8 July 1986, Application No.9815/82, 8 EHRR 407, paras. 39-40
(European Court of Human Rights).
145. Report of the Special Rapporteur, Promotion and protection of the right to freedom of
opinion and expression, UN Doc. E/CN.4/2000/63, 18 January 2000, para. 44.
146. Recommendation R(2002)2 the Committee of Ministers to Member States on access to
offi cial documents, 21 February 2002.
147. Adopted on 6 December 2004. Available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.
nsf/0/9A56F80984C8BD5EC1256F6B005C47F0?opendocument.
148. Communiqué, Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers (Port of Spain: 10 May 1999).
149. 32nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
17-23 October 2002, Banjul, The Gambia. Available at: http://www.achpr.org/english/
declarations/declaration_freedom_exp_en.html.
150. Adopted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at its 108th Regular
Session, 19 October 2000. Available at: http://www.iachr.org/declaration.htm.
151. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access
to Justice in Environmental Matters, UN Doc. ECE/CEP/43, adopted at the Fourth
Ministerial Conference in the “Environment for Europe” process, 25 June 1998,
entered into force 30 October 2001.
152. Claude Reyes and Others v. Chile, 19 September 2006, Series C No. 151.
153. (London: 1999). Available at: http://www.article19.org/pdfs/standards/righttoknow.
pdf.
154. (London: 2001). Available at: http://www.article19.org/pdfs/standards/modelfoilaw.
pdf.
155. The UNDP, for example, has, absurdly, refused requests on the basis that their policy
does not give access to documents other than those already published. See a protest
letter on this by ARTICLE 19, available at: http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/undpdisclosure-policy.pdf.
156. See COE Recommendation,.
157. See note 145.
158. See, for example, Article 5.
159. Claude Reyes and Others v. Chile, 19 September 2006, Series C No. 151. See, in particular,
paras. 88-92.
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