The Law on Access to Public Documents and its non-implementation in practice by public institutions in Kosovo
Session
Journalism, Media and Communication
Description
The Law on Access to Public Documents is one of the most necessary laws for the transparent and democratic functioning of the country's institutions towards its citizens. Many organizations that have monitored this law have argued that this law is not implemented by the public institutions themselves. In fact, according to non-governmental organizations in Kosovo, there are cases when the Law on Access to Public Documents has not been implemented and respected by the most important state institutions such as the Office of the Prime Minister, Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Economic Development they respond to this law by closing the cases for a while and not being transparent, but they let them to be proceeded as judicial cases in our country.
Keywords:
the law on access to public documents, Kosovo institutions, transparency, courts, media
Session Chair
Ferid Selimi
Session Co-Chair
Arsim Sinani
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-69-1
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
27-10-2018 1:30 PM
End Date
27-10-2018 3:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2018.254
Recommended Citation
Hajrullahu, Muhamet, "The Law on Access to Public Documents and its non-implementation in practice by public institutions in Kosovo" (2018). UBT International Conference. 254.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2018/all-events/254
The Law on Access to Public Documents and its non-implementation in practice by public institutions in Kosovo
Pristina, Kosovo
The Law on Access to Public Documents is one of the most necessary laws for the transparent and democratic functioning of the country's institutions towards its citizens. Many organizations that have monitored this law have argued that this law is not implemented by the public institutions themselves. In fact, according to non-governmental organizations in Kosovo, there are cases when the Law on Access to Public Documents has not been implemented and respected by the most important state institutions such as the Office of the Prime Minister, Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Economic Development they respond to this law by closing the cases for a while and not being transparent, but they let them to be proceeded as judicial cases in our country.