Analysis of 2016 Decisions on Free Expression of the European Court of Human Rights
Amalie Bang published an article outlining Case Law from the European Court of Human Rights in 2016 on the National Law Review. This article provides…
Amalie Bang published an article outlining Case Law from the European Court of Human Rights in 2016 on the National Law Review. This article provides…
The Special Rapporteur’s June 2017 Report to the Human Rights Council – Freedex In his latest report, the Special Rapporteur examines the duty of States…
The U.K. First-Tier Tribunal of the General Regulatory Chamber for Information Rights held that a Transitional Risk Register (“TRR”), relating to sweeping changes to the country’s National Health System (“NHS”), should be disclosed under The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) but that a Strategic Risk Register, relating to the changes, was exempt from disclosure. The court found that a public authority must release risk registers evaluating health policy if the request is made when policy consultation and formulation has been largely completed, but not during a period of consultation and when the register includes more sensitive policy information. In the present case, the Court ruled in favor of the public interest in transparency because at the time of the TRR request, the Report largely covered operational and implementation risks being faced by the Department of Health (“DOH”), rather than direct policy considerations. On the other hand, the Court found that the public interest in the Government having safe space to formulate policy took precedence at the time of the SRR request because the request was made at a time when the government was engaged in ongoing policy deliberations.