Scherbovich, A.A. The constitutional right of access to information of public bodies in the Internet as a guarantee of the transparency of power and implementation of other rights and freedoms of citizens in the information society.

Abstract: This article is devoted to the constitutional right to access the information of the courts, as well as bodies of state power and municipal self-government in the Internet, taking into account the newly passed Federal Laws on access to offi cial information. The term of “right to access information” is compared with the term “information of public domain”, as accepted by the UNESCO. The author shows the relation between the constitutional right to access information in the Internet and the right to freedom of speech, as well as with some other constitutional rights and freedoms.

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