The right of access to public information and its link with fundamental rights
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2023
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Tirant lo Blanch
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El derecho de acceso a la información proveniente del conjunto de las Administraciones públicas por parte de los ciudadanos, el llamado derecho a saber, se ha convertido en la actualidad, en la era de la globalización en la que nos encontramos, en un derecho público subjetivo irrenunciable para el buen funcionamiento del Estado Social y Democrático de Derecho, en cuanto constituye un presupuesto necesario para una adecuada participación de la persona en la esfera pública así como para su adecuada protección jurídica. De ahí que, a pesar de no ser calificado en el momento presente en el Ordenamiento jurídico español como derecho fundamental, cada vez sean más las opiniones expertas —doctrinales e institucionales— que propugnan tal consideración, precisamente por su condición de «prius lógico» irrenunciable para la efectividad del elenco de los derechos humanos, que, tal y como se deduce del art. 1 de la Carta Europea de los Derechos Humanos, tienen su base precisamente en la dignidad de la persona humana.
The right of access to information from all Public Administrations by citizens, the so-called «right to know», has become today, in the era of globalization in which we find ourselves, a subjective public right that cannot be renounced for the proper functioning of the Social and Democratic State of Law, insofar as it constitutes a necessary budget for an adequate participation of the person in the public sphere as well as for his adequate legal protection. Hence, despite not being qualified at the present time in the Spanish legal system as a fundamental right, there are more and more expert opinions —doctrinal and institutional— that advocate such a consideration, precisely because of its status as a «logical prius» inalienable for the effectiveness of the list of human rights, which, as is apparent from Article 1 of the European Charter of Human Rights, are based precisely on the dignity of the human person.
The right of access to information from all Public Administrations by citizens, the so-called «right to know», has become today, in the era of globalization in which we find ourselves, a subjective public right that cannot be renounced for the proper functioning of the Social and Democratic State of Law, insofar as it constitutes a necessary budget for an adequate participation of the person in the public sphere as well as for his adequate legal protection. Hence, despite not being qualified at the present time in the Spanish legal system as a fundamental right, there are more and more expert opinions —doctrinal and institutional— that advocate such a consideration, precisely because of its status as a «logical prius» inalienable for the effectiveness of the list of human rights, which, as is apparent from Article 1 of the European Charter of Human Rights, are based precisely on the dignity of the human person.