Freedom of Information Center of Armenia.

In the Republic of Armenia the monitoring process was led by the Freedom of Information Center.  A total of 140 requests were submitted to 18 bodies out of which 6 were state government bodies, 8 local self-governing bodies, 2 courts, as well as 2 private organizations with public functions. It’s quite obvious that in comparison with the last year monitoring results, this year outcomes for all requests are more positive. There are several reasons for these positive changes.  The key reason for that is that on November 15, 2003 Armenian FOI Law entered into force thus providing legal basis for exercising right to access and protection of this fundamental right.  The Monitoring was carried out within the framework of the newly adopted FOI Law.