Iran: Demanding rights through Freedom of Information Act
Do you know that under Iran’s 2009 Publication and Free Access to Information Act, you have a right to request information from your local authorities about the budget allocated to providing safe and clean water to the residents or about the number of traffic accidents in a road near your house? Today, ARTICLE 19 has published guides on Iran’s Freedom of Information Act. These include a guide for journalists and guides for finding out more about environmental and health issues that could affect you. Find out why using your right to know can help you to demand your other human rights.
ایران: مطالبه حقوق از طریق قانون آزادی اطلاعات
آیا می‌دانید که طبق قانون انتشار و دسترسی آزاد به اطلاعات سال ۱۳۸۸ شما حق دارید خواهان دریافت اطلاعات از مقامات محلی در رابطه با مسائلی چون مقدار بودجه‌ی تخصیص داده شده برای تامین آب شرب سالم یا تعداد تصادفات رانندگی در جاده نزدیک خانه‌تان شوید؟ سازمان «آرتیکل ۱۹» امروز راهنماهایی درباره قانون آزادی اطلاعات ایران از جمله راهنمایی برای روزنامه‌نگاران و راهنماهایی برای کسب اطلاعات بیشتر راجع به مسائل زیست‌محیطی و بهداشتی منتشر کرده است. در این مقاله می‌خوانید که استفاده از حق دانستن چگونه می‌تواند به شما امکان مطالبه سایر حقوق بشر را بدهد
Use Iran's Freedom of Information Act to Demand Your Rights
English Resources
منابع فارسی
ویدیوهای راهنما را تماشا کنید
استثناهای قانون دسترسی و انتشار آزاد اطلاعات
راه پاسخگویی نهادها به متقاضی اطلاعات
درخواست اطلاعات از نهادها و دستگاه‌های دولتی چقدر هزینه دارد؟
توصیه‌های عملی برای بهبود قانون انتشار و دسترسی آزاد به اطلاعات
اگر درخواست شما برای دریافت اطلاعات رد شد
اطلاعاتی که نهادهای عمومی و خصوصی باید بدون دریافت درخواست منتشر کنند
The right to information – an enabler right
The right to information is a human right enshrined in international law. It is the right of every person to obtain information and data from government bodies. It is an enabling right and important tool for journalists, activists and communities to find information on key issues which affect their lives.
This right is becoming increasingly important for the Middle East and North Africa region where more countries are developing their own right to information laws and policies.
With the following materials we aim to show the importance of right to information laws to communities in Iran. But you will also hear insights from experts across the Middle East including Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, Jordan and Tunisia. We will hear stories from legal experts, journalists and activists about how the right to information has helped them in their work.
Train yourself on the right to know in Iran game
Making information requests can be a tricky game of two steps forward, two steps backwards – especially in Iran.
Our new game can help you navigate the system and learn how to make information requests.
Can you make it through the game and access all the information you need? Play and prepare yourselves to make real information requests in Iran.
How to make an information request in Iran
This factsheet gives step-by-step guidance on how Iranians can make information requests in Iran, covering:
- How Iranians can make a request using the governmental portal
- What types of information can be requested
- How long they can expect to wait for a response to their information request
- Exemptions in the law where information can be withheld.
Iran: Review of the Publication and Free Access to Information Act 2009
Understanding Iran’s right to information law is key to using it effectively. The adoption of the right to information law in Iran is a positive step in enabling the rights of Iranians to make information requests. The law provides that all Iranian citizens should be able to obtain information from public bodies and institutions on how public money is spent, how public administration and governance decisions are being made and any other information which is important to their lives.
But the law does not meet international legal standards. It has problematic or unclear provisions, applies only to citizens and contains overly broad exemptions for information that cannot be obtained. Right to information in Iran has further been hampered by slow implementation of the law. Nevertheless, the law provides an essential tool for Iranian citizens to access information.
The right to information in the Middle East and North Africa
Course: The right to know in Middle East and North Africa
Learn more about the right to information in the Middle East and North Africa. Our new course will help you to use RTI laws and policies in Iran, Lebanon, Tunisia and Morocco to access important information to your work.
Watch the course introductory video below and sign up now.
Watch our course introduction
Morocco: How does the access to information help disability rights advocates?
Experience from Mexico: Challenges to using access information law
Yemen: Lessons for using access to information amid war and crisis
How did Jordan become the first MENA country to pass a right to information law?
How has Lebanon's access to information law led to greater transparency?
Iran’s access to information law: a useful tool for activists, lawyers and all citizens
Tunisia: Importance of access to information for citizen’s health, environment and fighting corruption
How does Tunisia's right to know law enable other human rights?
More on right to information in Middle East and North Africa
Iran: Citizens exercise their right to know, to demand a response to illegal Internet shutdowns
Right to Know Day 2018: Progress on information access around the world
