Positive obligations to provide access to information under the European Convention on Human Rights – 11 KBW

Posted January 28th, 2013 in data protection, human rights, news by sally

“In this article, we seek to identify how, when and why the courts have developed positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’ or ‘the Convention’) for the State to provide access to information. We propose to identify four distinct categories of information, and argue that the courts have taken a different approach in relation to each one. We will then consider why the courts have adopted these divergent approaches.”

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11 KBW, 28th January 2013

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