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מכתב פתוח מחברי קהילת הפתיחות העולמית המקדמים בברכה את יוזמת הנשיא אובמה בענייני שקיפות

הארגונים החתומים מטה, הפועלים ברחבי העולם למען קידום זכות הגישה למידע, מקדמים בברכה את הצעדים שבוצעו על ידי הנשיא ברק אובמה ביומו הראשון בכהונתו כדי לשנות את המגמות האחרונות ולקדם תקנים גבוהים של פתיחות ממשל. בייחוד אנו מברכים על הקריאה הברורה לתפיסה התומכת בגילוי מידע, כך ש"במקרה של ספק , הפתיחות תגבר". אנו גם מברכים על ההרחבה בתפיסה זו, לחיוב גופים ציבוריים לחשוף מידע במהירות ובדרכים בהן הציבור יכול לעשות שימוש ללא קושי. חשיפה מונעת מוכרת בעולם כולו כרכיב נחוץ בזכות הגישה למידע, יחד עם הזכות לבקש ולקבל מידע .

הנשיא אובמה הפגין מנהיגות חובקת עולם בנושא זה באותתו על החשיבות היסודית של ממשל פתוח בדמוקרטיה. אנו קוראים לממשלות ברחבי העולם לבצע מהלכים דומים לקידום השקיפות ולכיבוד זכות הגישה למידע .

אנו מפצירים בנשיא אובמה לוודא כי צווים אלו יבוצעו במלואם, כלשונם וברוחם. אכיפה תקיפה של יישום תקנים אלו תציב אמת מידה גבוהה כדי לעודד ממשלות ברחבי העולם.

חתומים,

Access Info Europe, Helen Darbishire, Executive Director (Spain )

Access to Information Programme, Gergana Jouleva, Executive Director (Bulgaria )

Ad IDEM/Canadian Media Lawyers Association, Paul Schabas, President (Canada )

American Civil Liberties Union, Caroline Fredrickson, Washington Legislative Office, Director (USA )

Arab Freedom of Information Network, Said Essoulami, Executive Director

ARTICLE 19, Toby Mendel, Senior Legal Counsel

Asociaci?n por los Derechos Civiles, Roberto Saba, Executive Director (Argentina )

Association for Freedom of Thoughts and Expression, Mohamed Omran (Egypt )

Bank Information Center, Chad Dobson, Executive Director (USA )

BilgiEdinmeHakki.Org, Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Director (Turkey )

Campaign for Freedom of Information, Maurice Frankel, Director (UK )

Carter Center, Laura Neuman, Associate Director and Access to Information Project Manager (USA )

Center for Development and Democratization of Institutions, Ilir Aliaj, Executive Director (Albania )

Center for Independent Journalism, Ioana Avadani, Executive Director (Romania )

Center for Promotion of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Vasile Spinei, President (Moldova )

Center of Access to Public Information, Edison Lanza, Director (Uruguay )

Centre for Media Freedom Middle East and North Africa, Said Essoulami, Executive Director

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Reshmi Mitra, Project Officer, Access to Information Programme, (India )

DELNA – Transparency International Latvia, Inese Voika, President (Latvia )

Due Process of Law Foundation, Eduardo Bertoni, Executive Director

Electronic Privacy Information Center, Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director (USA )

Foundation Open Society Institute, Dance Danilovska, Project Coordinator (Macedonia )

Freedom Forum, Santosh Sigdel, Executive Director (Nepal )

Freedom of Information Center of Armenia, Shushan Doydoyan, President (Armenia )

Freedom of Information Coalition, Edetaen Ojo, Coordinator (Nigeria )

Freedom of Information Coalition, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, Executive Director (Sierra Leone )

Fund for an Open Society, Miodrag Milosavljevic, Project Coordinator (Serbia )

Fundacion Pro Acceso, Mois?s S?nchez, Executive Director (Chile )

Fundar, Miguel Pulido Jim?nez, Coordinator (M?xico )

GYLA, Tamar Gurchiani, Project Coordinator (Georgia )

Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Bal?zs D?nes, Executive Director (Hungary )

Information Commissioner of Republic of Slovenia, Natasa Pirc, Information Commissioner (Slovenia )

Institute for Information Freedom Development in Russia, Ivan Pavlov, Lawyer and Chairman (Russia )

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, Andr?s Mej?a (Colombia )

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, Javier Casas (Peru )

Jamaicans for Justice, Carolyn Gomes, Executive Director (Jamaica )

Media Institute of Southern Africa, Sampa Kangwa-Wilkie, Program Specialist (Southern African Region )

Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director (Nigeria )

Movement for Freedom of Information in Israel, Roy Peled, Executive Director (Israel )

National Freedom of Information Coalition, Charles Davis, Executive Director (USA )

National Security Archive, Tom Blanton, Director (USA )

New York State Committee on Open Government, Robert J. Freeman, Executive Director (USA )

Open Society Institute, Aryeh Neier, President (USA )

Poder Ciudadano Transparency International, Laura Alonso, Executive Director (Argentina )

Pro Media, Klime Babunski (Macedonia )

PROETICA Transparency International, Cecilia Blondet, Executive Director (Peru )

PROVIDUS, Linda Austere, Policy Researcher (Latvia )

Public Citizen, Adina Rosenbaum, Attorney (USA )

Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia, Darce Fardy, President (Canada )

Society for Democratic Initiatives, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, Executive Director (Sierra Leone )

Statewatch, Tony Bunyan, Director

Sunshine Week, Debra Gersh Hernandez, Coordinator (USA )

Sustentia, Carlos Cordero, Executive Director (Spain )

The Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators, Sharon Polsky, National Chair (Canada )

Transparency International Secretariat, Andrea Figari, Global Programmes Manager (Germany )

Transparency International Anti-corruption Center, Amalia Kostanyan, Chairwoman (Armenia )

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aleksandra Martinovic, Member of the Board of Directors (Bosnia and Herzegovina )

Transparency International Croatia, Zorislav Antun Petrovi?, President (Croatia )

Transparency International Israel, Galia Sagi, CEO (Israel )

Transparency International Russia, Marina Savintseva, Programme Co-ordinator (Russia )

Transparency International Slovakia, Emilia Beblava, President (Slovakia )

Transparency Serbia, Program Director, Nemanja Nenadic, (Serbia )

Wobbing Europe, Brigitte Alfter, Editor (Europe )

Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Sarah Maliqi, Executive Director (Kosovo )

Francesca Fanucci, International Human Rights Lawyer

John Edwards, FOI Advocate (New Zealand )

Natalia Torres, MSc Public Policy (Argentina )

Ricardo Corcuera, Legal Advisor in Human Rights (Per? )

Richard Calland, Programme Director: Economic Governance, Idasa (South Africa )

Roger Vleugels, Lecturer and Legal Advisor FOIA (The Netherlands )

Susanne Tam, Ethics Consultant, (Israel )

Walter Keim (Norway )