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RIGHT TO KNOW – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Executive Summary of the Conceptual Definition and Background Document on the Right to Know as proposed by the Scientific Committee to the Global Committee for the Rule of Law

RIGHT TO KNOW
CONCEPT DEFINITION AND BACKGROUND DOCUMENT

Conceptual Definition and Background Document on the Right to Know
as proposed by the Scientific Committee to the Global Committee for the Rule of Law, presided by Prof. Em. C. Bassiouni

UNA LIBERTÀ FELICE

The book by Marco Pannella edited by Matteo Angioli, published by Mondadori, which tells the final months of his life. The only autobiography of radical leader who died May 19, 2016

S.O.S. STATO DI DIRITTO

Proceedings of the international conference “Universality of Human Rights for the Transition towards the Rule of Law and the Affirmation of the Right to Know” held in Rome at the Senate on 27th July 2015

RULE OF LAW VERSUS REASON OF STATE

English edition of the book containing the written proceedings of the First International Conference Rule of Law vs Reason of State organized by the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty in Brussels, at the European Parliament and the European Commission, on 18-19 February 2014.

 

 
 On 22 June 2021 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe1 approved a Resolution tabled by Sen. Roberto Rampi on the right to know, defined as the citizen’s civil and political right to be actively informed of all aspects regarding all stages of the policy-making and administrative/ rulemaking process, in order to allow for the full and democratic participation, and hold public goods administrators to account according to the standards of human rights and the Rule of Law.
 
This definition is taken directly from the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella”. In this way, the Council of Europe acknowledges the ingenuity and political battle for the right to know of the legendary former MEP and Italian MP Marco Pannella, active on this issue since the days of the Iraq War in 2003, until his death in 2016. Today the right to know is an emerging global issue, spanning from state secrecy to the systematic manipulation of information. This Policy Brief informs on the recent developments in the Italian Senate, where the Human Rights Committee approved a Resolution exactly one year after the Council of Europe, explains the difference between ‘information’ and ‘knowledge’, and explores the implications of this emerging global issue for Parliaments.