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Access to information: An enabling and fundamental human right

15 Mar, 2018
The African Platform on Access to Information Declaration sees access to information as a right that furthers development in various spheres, and is relevant to numerous sectors and society at large.

The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Declaration of September 2011 is a regional instrument that looks at access to information in its entirety, as a right that furthers development in various spheres, and is relevant to numerous sectors and society at large. In this spirit, the APAI Declaration concerns itself with, among other pertinent issues: access to information and elections, access to information and health, access to information and children, access to information and persons living with disabilities

Source: African Platform

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The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) was founded in 1992. Its work focuses on promoting, and advocating for, the unhindered enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and a free, independent, diverse and pluralistic media.

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