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УСТАВНО РЕГУЛИСАЊЕ ПРАВА НА ЈАВНО ИНФОРМИСАЊЕ
The Constitutional Regulation of the Right to a Public Information

Author(s): Jelena Jovičić
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: right to public information; constitution; law

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author reviews the ways in which the right to public information regulates in the constitutional acts. Constitutionalisation of rights preceded the creation of international legal framework through the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental freedoms. Provisions of the Convention guarantees the right to freedom of expression as a fundamental human right. This right guarantee freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. The right to public information has become one of basic human rights. Serbian Constitution in a special section guarantees freedom of expression and the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas in different ways. Constitutional guarantees of freedom of media coverage more special rights such as right to free establishment of newspapers and other media of public information and right to correction.

  • Issue Year: LXI/2012
  • Issue No: 61
  • Page Range: 544-553
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Serbian