{"id":10256,"date":"2024-07-16T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/conventia-de-la-tromso-grupul-de-experti-al-consiliului-europei-a-publicat-primul-raport-de-evaluare-a-r-moldova\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:52:49","slug":"conventia-de-la-tromso-grupul-de-experti-al-consiliului-europei-a-publicat-primul-raport-de-evaluare-a-r-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/conventia-de-la-tromso-grupul-de-experti-al-consiliului-europei-a-publicat-primul-raport-de-evaluare-a-r-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"The Troms\u00f8 Convention. The Expert Group of the Council of Europe Publishes the First Evaluation Report of the Republic of Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Council of Europe Access Info Group (AIG) has published its first evaluation report to assess the way the Republic of Moldova implements the Council of Europe known as the Troms\u00f8 Convention. The <a href=\"https:\/\/rm.coe.int\/baseline-evaluation-report-moldova\/1680b0f65c\">report published on July\u00a016<\/a> demonstrates that the current legal framework largely conforms to the international standards, yet certain aspects still have to be improved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report provides a detailed analysis of the Law on Access to Information <a href=\"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/noua-lege-privind-accesul-la-informatie-votata-in-lectura-finala\/\">adopted in June&nbsp;2023<\/a>. According to the conclusions, the new legal framework largely complies with the provisions of the Troms\u00f8 Convention which is the first binding international legal instrument to recognize a general right of access to official documents held by public authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the Republic of Moldova, the right of access to information held by the&nbsp; public authorities upon request is guaranteed without discrimination and pursuant to the convention which makes no distinction between journalists or any other persons,\u201d the authors state. \u201cHowever, in the absence of relevant information, the AIG has not provided any conclusions on excluding media information from the scope of the law and its special regulation via government procedures, and its compliance with the Convention remaining unclear,\u201d the source specifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the experts, the limitations of the right of access to information stipulated by the law comply with all the interests mentioned in the Convention, such as national security, public order, crime prevention, and privacy protection. \u201cCertain limitations of access to information such as state, banking, or medical secrets can be broad and even absolute due to their essence. Hence, in such cases, the AIG encourages the Republic of Moldova to apply the legal provisions which require assessing the public interest for divulging information and to ensure that applying absolute restrictions regarding access to official documents is minimized in accordance with the Convention,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2022, at the meeting of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents also known as the Troms\u00f8 Convention, <a href=\"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/conventia-de-la-tromso-grupul-de-specialisti-privind-accesul-la-documentele-oficiale-pe-langa-consiliul-europei-si-a-inceput-activitatea\/\">ten members<\/a> of the Group of Specialists on Access to Official Documents were elected. The expert Veronica Cretu <a href=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.md\/ro\/content\/proiecte-burse-si-granturi\">was elected<\/a> as a member representing the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/conventions\/full-list\/-\/conventions\/treaty\/205\">The Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents<\/a> is the first binding international legal tool which recognizes the general right of access to official documents held by the public authorities. The document is in force since December&nbsp;1,&nbsp;2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/ru\/node\/337191\">and is currently ratified by 15&nbsp;states, including the Republic of Moldova<\/a>. Also on July&nbsp;16, the AIG published its first reports regarding ten other states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of Europe Access Info Group (AIG) has published its first evaluation report to assess the way the Republic of Moldova implements the Council of Europe known as the Troms\u00f8 Convention. The report published on July\u00a016 demonstrates that the current legal framework largely conforms to the international standards, yet certain aspects still have to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3.jpg",870,489,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3.jpg",870,489,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3.jpg",870,489,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3.jpg",870,489,false],"jannah-image-small":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3-220x150.jpg",220,150,true],"jannah-image-large":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3-390x220.jpg",390,220,true],"jannah-image-post":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3-780x470.jpg",780,470,true],"awsm_team":["https:\/\/media-azi.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tromso3-500x489.jpg",500,489,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Victoria Dodon","author_link":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/author\/vdodon\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Council of Europe Access Info Group (AIG) has published its first evaluation report to assess the way the Republic of Moldova implements the Council of Europe known as the Troms\u00f8 Convention. 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