Derecho de acceso a la información pública en Venezuela. Normativa vigente y herramientas previstas en el ordenamiento jurídico venezolano para su garantía y ejercicio
| Author | María Grazia Buttaci Boscán |
| Position | Especialista en Derecho Administrativo |
| Pages | 71-93 |
71Provincia Número 39, Especial, 2018-2019
Derecho de acceso a la información pública en
Venezuela. Normativa vigente y herramientas
previstas en el ordenamiento jurídico venezolano
para su garantía y ejercicio
The right of access to public information in Venezuela. Current
normative and tools provided in the venezuelan legal system
for it guarantee and exercise
Resumen
Elderechodeaccesoalainformaciónpúblicasereerealalibertaddelos
ciudadanos de buscar, solicitar, acceder, recibir, utilizar, reutilizar y difundir
la información que maneja el Estado como producto de su actividad, siem-
preycuandoéstanoseencuentreexplícitamentetipicadaenexcepciones
y sin interferencia de las autoridades públicas. En Venezuela a pesar de que
noexisteuninstrumentonormativoquereguleespecícamenteelaccesoa
la información pública, haciendo un adecuado uso de las herramientas que
nos ofrece la legislación vigente, pueden dirigirse peticiones de información
ante todos los entes de la administración pública y estos están obligados,
de conformidad con la Constitución y las leyes, a dar oportuna y adecuada
respuesta, incurriendo en responsabilidad civil, penal, administrativa o dis-
ciplinaria en caso de negar información y obstruir el ejercicio de este dere-
cho humano fundamental ampliamente reconocido por distintos tratados y
acuerdos internacionales.
Palabras clave: acceso, información pública, transparencia, participación,
rendición de cuentas.
Butacci Boscán; María Grazia*
Especialista en Derecho Administrativo.E-mail:mariabutacci@hotmail.com
Recibido: 1/05/19/ Aceptado:23/07/19
Butacci Boscán, María Grazia
72
Provincia Número 39, Especial, 2018-2019
Elderechodeaccesoalainformaciónpúblicasereerealalibertadde
los ciudadanos de buscar, solicitar, acceder, recibir, utilizar, reutilizar y
difundir la información que maneja el Estado como producto de su acti-
vidadsiempreycuandoéstanoseencuentreexplícitamentetipicada
en excepciones por razones de seguridad de Estado, y sin interferencia
de las autoridades públicas. Es así como se considera que “el derecho a
la información y a la comunicación del ciudadano” comprenden el libre
acceso a la información pública.
La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos se convirtió en el
primer tribunal internacional en reconocer el Derecho de Acceso a la
Información Pública como un Derecho Humano Fundamental pro-
tegido por tratados de derechos humanos que obligan a los países a
respetarlos.
El acceso a la información pública está previsto en la Declaración
Derechos Humanos (a través del Pacto de San José de Costa Rica de 1969)
Abstract
The right of access to public information refers to the freedom of citizens
to seek, request, access, receive, use, reuse and disseminate the information
handled by the State as a product of their activity, as long as it is not expli-
citlytypiedinexceptionsandwithoutinterferencefrompublicauthorities
In Venezuela, despite the fact that there os not an normative instrument that
specicallyregulatesaccesstopublicinformationmakinganadequateuse
ofthetoolsoeredbycurrentlegislationrequestsofinformationcanbead-
dressed to all public administration entities that are obliged, in accordance
with National Constitution and laws, to provide and timely and adequate
response, incurring in civil, criminal, administrative or disciplinary liability
in case of denying information and obstructing the exercise of this funda-
mental human right widely recognized by various international agreements
and treaties.
Key words: access, public information, transparency, participation, accountability.
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