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Analysis of the global right to information rating: concurrently discussing the assessment of the Chinese case

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posted on 2023-05-17, 15:17 authored by Weibing XiaoWeibing Xiao
The global right to information rating was created in the global wave of freedom of information. The rating agencies anticipate that the rating system enable them to pinpoint areas of strength and weakness in the legal framework for guaranteeing the right to information, and to direct future advocacy at resolving these aspects of weakness. However, the rating system has its drawbacks. It does not include proactive disclosure. Furthermore, it is limited to measuring the legal framework, and does not measure quality of implementation. As a result, it does little help in increasing transparency in a given country, for China in particular. In the future, the rating agencies should include proactive disclosure indicators, and allocate more points to some indicators which have a direct impact on implementation.

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Publication title

Library and Information Service

Volume

56

Issue

20

Pagination

74-79

ISSN

0252-3116

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

LIS Press, Library of Chinese Academy of Science

Place of publication

Beijing

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Justice and the law not elsewhere classified

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