Ten years of policies for access to public information and national security in Latin America: A comparative assessment
Abstract
Access to public information is widely recognized as a basic right in any democracy. However, it coexists with established secrecy practices, since governments often hide information in order to protect security, national defense or foreign policy relations. Many recent transparency policies seek to reconcile both extremes: fundamental rights without advancing on government activities linked with state unity. In this article we comparatively assess some legal reforms about this subject implemented by Latin American countries in the past ten years, relying in recommendations and documents issued by international organizations and, fundamentally, the Tshwane Principles agreed in 2013.
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