Human Rights Measure
Joint Statement on International Access to Information Day 2020
Date Enacted: September 2020
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Region: East Asia and Pacific
“Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen from across Australia and New Zealand . . . released a joint statement to mark International Access to Information Day” in September 2020. The statement notes: “we join with members of the United Nations, international regulators and others to acknowledge the importance of access to information laws and the community’s right to know.” The statement also emphasizes the “importance of public access to information as governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
