The Genesis of Recognizing the Right to Access to Information on International Level

Abstract

The article analyzes the formation and recognition of the right to access to information in international legal activity. The study of the genesis, transformation and development trends of the right to receive official information is important for understanding the essence and directions of development of this right, which has acquired special significance in the modern world. The article consistently examines the role and significance of the law enforcement practice of international treaty and jurisdictional bodies, the impact of decisions on specific legal situations on the development of normative regulation of the right to receive information of public or other significant public interest. The result of the generalization of international law enforcement is the identification of prospects and trends in the development of the right to access to information in the form of establishing positive obligations for the state aimed at observing the above general civil freedoms and, as a result, improving mechanisms, including institutional ones, guaranteeing the realization of the right to receive information.