FOIA Campaign 2008
Campaign for the adoption of the Law on Data Classification and amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance
A group of non-governmental organizations has launched an initiative to amend the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance. The proposed changes, among other things, plan to introduce protection for "whistlers" - people who point out irregularities and corruption in their organizations and institutions, punish those responsible instead of authorized persons, as well as specify certain provisions that have been arbitrarily interpreted in the past three years.
In addition to the amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information, a Model Law on Classification of Information was drafted, which should regulate the area of classification and use of classified information. The proposed changes were made, as well as the Model Law on Classification of Information, by Commissioner Rodoljub Sabic, Vladimir Vodinelic and Sasa Gajin from the Center for the Advancement of Legal Studies and Dejan Milenkovic from YUKOM. It is planned that after the public debate on the models of the law, on November 26, 2007, the collection of signatures for the citizens' initiative for the adoption of the law in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia will begin.
The initiative to change the law was initiated by the People's Parliament from Leskovac, the Center for the Advancement of Legal Studies from Belgrade, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Sretenje from Požega, the Resource Center from Negotin and the Civic Council of Kraljevo, with the support of Transparency Serbia, Belgrade Center for Human Rights.
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