GOVERNANCE   |   Transparency and Access to Information
27, June, 2012
MULTIMEDIA

VIDEO: From the Law to Practice: The Creation of the Mexican Federal Institute for Access to Public Information and Data Protection

Mexico’s 2002 Freedom of Information Act was the first in the world to create an autonomous oversight body with the authority to enforce compliance with the law.

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The Mexican Freedom of Information Act is one of the most innovative transparency laws, thanks to its creation of an autonomous oversight body whose resolutions are binding. In this video, Altzimba Baltazar, former Case Researcher for Appeals at the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information and Data Protection (IFAI), analyses the factors that enabled the IFAI’s establishment, as well as the critical features guaranteeing its autonomy and mandate. She also describes the opportunities that this oversight body offers in terms of strengthening access to information.

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Other ELLA knowledge materials relating to Transparency and Access to Information:

GUIDES AND BRIEFS

The Latin American Approach to Transparency and Access to Information

Fighting Corruption by Improving Transparency and Access to Information

Building the Legal Framework to Support Transparency and Access to Information in Latin America

Using Information for Accountability and Justice: Lessons from Latin American Civil Society

Civil Society’s Regional Network for Advancing Freedom of Expression and Access to Information

SPOTLIGHT SUMMARIES

Spotlight on Organisations: Key Civil Society Groups Using the Right to Information

Spotlight on Publications: Public Procurement and Disclosure of Public Officials’ Personal Assets

Spotlight on Publications: Design, Adoption and Implementation of Latin American Freedom of Information Acts

MULTIMEDIA

VIDEO: Using Strategic Litigation to Enforce the Right to Information in Latin America: a Case from Argentina

VIDEO: Opportunities and Challenges in Access to Public Information: Experiences from Latin America

PODCAST: Getting a Freedom of Information Act Approved: The Story of Brazil

VIDEO: The Process of Approving the Freedom of Information Act in El Salvador

REVIEWS

ELLA Expert Review: Transparency and Access to Information

LEARNING ALLIANCE HIGHLIGHTS

ELLA Learning Alliance on Citizen Oversight - Module 1: Strengthening the Legal Framework to Ensure Transparency and Access to Information

ELLA Learning Alliance on Citizen Oversight - Module 2: Innovative Measures to Promote Citizen Oversight

NON-ELLA PUBLICATIONS

Open Cities: The Case of Montevideo

City of Buenos Aires Open Government Data Initiative

Encouraging Parents' Engagement in Public Education Reform

Measuring Open Data’s Impact of Brazilian National and Sub-national Budget Transparency Websites and its Impacts on People’s Rights

Winds of Change: The Progress of Open Government Policymaking in Latin America and the Caribbean

Emerging Impacts in Open Data in the Judiciary Branches in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

The "State-of-the-Art" of State-Owned Enterprises in Brazil

Can States Continue to Govern the New Citizenry Using Old Paradigms?: The Political Challenges of Open Government in Latin America and the Caribbean

Transparency of Tax Expenditure Reporting in Mexico

Mexico: A Moment of Opportunity - Increasing Transparency and Accountability in the Extractive Industries

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