The novelties of the new Law on the Right to Information

• Author: Arjana Llano - Stela Meçaj
• Position: Lecturer at 'University Ismail Qemali' Vlore - Lecturer at 'University Ismail Qemali'
• Pages: 200-205

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Vol. 3 No. 3

January, 2018

Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2410-759X

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

The novelties of the new Law on the Right to Information

Dr. Arjana Llano

Lecturer at “University Ismail Qemali” Vlore

Dr. Stela Meçaj

Lecturer at “University Ismail Qemali”

Abstract

One of the most important features of Western democracies is to guarantee fundamental

rights, through the functioning and respect of the rule of law and the eective implementation

of the rule of law. The consolidation of the rule of law in Albania is inextricably linked to

the armation and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as to

the establishment of institutional legal instruments, which will serve as guarantors for their

eective use.

The right to information is a fundamental human right. This right, in recent decades, has

recognized extensive international protection through the adoption of various acts (resolutions,

conventions, declarations, regulations, directives), but also through the establishment of

a certain legal practice, whereby such right to information is protected as a component of

freedom of expression. It developed with the emergence of the new Law on the Right to

Information.

Keywords: Information, document, right, lawyer, Adminstrative Procedure Code, Comissioner,

Coordinator.

Introduction

The right to information is a right expressly provided for in the Constitution of the

Republic of Albania. It is envisaged in two articles, namely Article 231 and 56. As a

fundamental right, the right to information, as well as many other rights, belongs

to all people. It is also envisaged in the European Convention on Human Rights

in its Article 102. The importance and interest that this right represents is of great

interest not only to lawyers but also to all scholars of legal sciences. In the juridical

sense, the right to information means the right to be informed in every aspect of

political, social, economic, cultural, life, being important also for the progress of state

activity, the development, organization and functioning of the whole state bodies.

The development of new technologies is closely related to mutual communication,

not just between individuals, but also between individuals and institutions that hold

power.

Considering the great challenge ahead of the Albanian society and of our country,

which is the integration into the European space, we must identify the needs for

the establishment, implementation and maintenance of high standards of good

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7.12.1998.amendet with law no.9675, dated 13.1.2007, no.9904, dated  21.4.2008, nor.88/2012, dated

18.9.2012,no.137/2015,dated17.12.2015andno.76/2016,dated22.7.2016.

2 EuropeanConventiononHumanRights,article10.