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Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006

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<strong>Implementation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transitional</strong> <strong>Laws</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong> <strong>2006</strong>Violation <strong>of</strong> the Right to Free Access toInformation“Everyone shall have the right to be <strong>in</strong>formedwhether a public authority holds specific <strong>in</strong>formation<strong>of</strong> public importance, i.e., whether it is otherwiseaccessible.Everyone shall have the right to access <strong>in</strong>formation<strong>of</strong> public importance by be<strong>in</strong>g allowed <strong>in</strong>sight<strong>in</strong> a document conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>of</strong> publicimportance, the right to a copy <strong>of</strong> that document,and the right to receive a copy <strong>of</strong> the document uponrequest, by mail, fax, electronic mail, or <strong>in</strong> anotherway. 773Security Intelligence Agency (BIA)BIA is an <strong>in</strong>stitution <strong>in</strong> charge <strong>of</strong> protection <strong>of</strong> security <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong><strong>Serbia</strong>, discovery and prevention <strong>of</strong> activities which threaten to underm<strong>in</strong>eor disturb the constitutional order <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong>; the acquisition,process<strong>in</strong>g and analysis <strong>of</strong> security-<strong>in</strong>telligence <strong>in</strong>formation relevant to thesecurity <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong>, <strong>in</strong>form<strong>in</strong>g competent state authoritiesabout security issues, and other responsibilities determ<strong>in</strong>ed by the Law 774 .As it budget is fully f<strong>in</strong>anced from the budget <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong>,<strong>in</strong> the context <strong>of</strong> the Law on Free Access to Information, BIA is thepublic authority obliged to allow anyone access and submit <strong>in</strong>formation<strong>of</strong> public importance that occur <strong>in</strong> its work or <strong>in</strong> relation to it 775 . For that,it is necessary to submit a regular request for free access to <strong>in</strong>formation.On October 31, 2005 the Initiative submitted a request to BIA ask<strong>in</strong>g theagency to present the follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation:773 Law on free access to <strong>in</strong>formation, Article 5, see above under 3774 Law on Security Intelligence Agency (Official Gazette <strong>of</strong> RS, number 42/2002), was passed by the <strong>Serbia</strong>nNational Assembly on July 18 th , 2002 and came <strong>in</strong>to effect on July 27 th , 2002775 Law on free access to <strong>in</strong>formation, Article 3, see above under 3143

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