Three ‘Right To Know Day’ Seminars To Be Held

International Right to Know Day will be observed on September 28, with Information Commissioners, advocates, human rights organizations, the media, public bodies, and the public celebrating the right to access information and the principles of openness, accountability, and transparency.

“The purpose of International Right to Know Day is to increase individuals’ awareness of their right to access records held by the Government and other public authorities, and the importance of this right in an open and robust democracy,” the Bermuda ICO office said.

“The right to know supports the public’s ability to increase the accountability of public authorities, to understand how and why decisions are made, and to increase the transparency of public spending.

This year, Bermuda will join over 100 countries with public access to information laws. Throughout the globe, International Right to Know Day is celebrated with programs, conferences, speakers, film screenings, awards ceremonies, radio programmes, and more. In some countries, right to know events are held for one day on the 28 September and other countries have an entire ‘Right to Know Week’.

This year, International Right to Know Day falls during the same week that Bermuda will mark six months of the PATI Act in action. The Information Commissioner’s Office will be holding a series of public events over this week 28 September – 2 October 2015.

The Information Commissioner’s Office is inviting the public to their sessions on using your rights under the PATI act, set to be held on September 28 from 6.00pm to 7.00pm at The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity Hall at 29 Church Street in Hamilton; on September 29 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm at World Heritage Centre Upstairs Theater at Penno’s Wharf in St. George’s; and on September 30 from 7.00pm to 8.00pm at the Dalton E. Tucker Primary School auditorium.

For more information, contact the information commissioner’s office at 294-9191 or info@ico.bm, or visit online.

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