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27.09.2010 FOI ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY 2010
On September 28, 2010, at 15:00 the 8th Freedom of Information Annual Award Ceremony will take place at Reghine Hotel (Address - Norqi Ayginer 251-3, Yerevan). The following nominations are awarded annually: • Positive Award for a state institution with the best system of providing information. • Positive Award for a citizen who has actively exercised his/her right of access to information under FOI Law. • Positive Award for the author of the best FOI related...
13.07.2010 Black list 2010: The second quarter
THESE OFFICIALS HAVE VIOLATED PEOPLES' RIGHT OF INFORMATION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2010 1. Mr. Gagik Tamrazyan Mayor of Ashtarak 2. Mrs....
26.06.2010 Nominating Candidates for the FOI Annual Award Ceremony
The Freedom of Information Center of Armenia is accepting proposals from citizens and organizations in different categories of the FOI annual Award Ceremony. Positive award for the most transparent institution which fulfills the FOI law requirements, Award for NGO, which has contributed to the exercising of the rights of access to information, Award for the journalist most actively covering FOI issues,...
17.06.2010 Book Presentation and Summary of the FOI Judicial Practice
On the 17th of June the FOICA’s “The Right to Know: Collection of Court Cases 2007-2010” book presentation took place. It summarizes 20 court cases of the last four years, accompanied by all the related documents initiated by the Centre in the sphere of freedom of information in. The diversity of the court cases allows a number of analyses to be done regarding the FOI judicial practice. As a rule, the main aim and claims of the FOICA - to provide the enquired information – were...
09.06.2010 The Court of Cassation satisfied FOICA’s claim
On June 09, 2010, The RA Court of Cassation fully satisfied FOICA’s cassation claim. The Court annulled the RA Administrative Court’s decision over the case FOICA vs. “Yerevan Urban Development and Investment Programs Department” SNCO and sent it to the same court for a new exam. Let us note, that FOICA had asked the RA Administrative Court to recognize the action of the “Yerevan Urban Development and Investment Programs Department” SNCO illegitimate and as a consequence to...
04.06.2010 SUIT OF FOI CENTER VERSUS PARAKAR RURAL COMMUNITY SECURED
On May 31 RA Administrative Court of Etchmiadzin, reconsidered the suit of Freedom of Information Center versus Parakar rural community (Armavir region) and secured the demands of the plaintiff. As it has been reported, in July 2009 FOI Center addressed the court versus Parakar rural community, demanding to hold the inaction of the village Elder Samvel Vardanian, who did not answer fully to the request on land allotment in January 2009. On August 13, 2009 the suit was declined by RA...
