The role of international lawmakers and their respective influence on national legislation on information access

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W. Keim

Human right of access to information

Comparison: World - Germany

l84 states with approx. 5,4 billion have better ATI laws then Germans (http://rti-rating.org)

l120 states (http://right2info.org/laws) with 5,9 billion have either ATI law or constitutional provisions In 5 federal states (länder) in Germany FOI is missing

lThe UN Convention against Corruption is ratified of more then 158 states with more then 6,5 billion but not Germany.

lGermany did not ratify the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, Transparency Parties (GRECO)


	International standards for ATI, „best praxis“
	GRECO = Group of States against corruption
	9 December 2011: GRECO concludes in report Greco RC-III (2011) 9E that Germany has implemented or satisfactorily dealt with only four of the twenty recommendations contained in the Third Round Evaluation Report.