Derecho de acceso a la información pública

Abstract

While any social need not beget a right to a need so fundamental, objective anduniversal such as access to public information, it is necessary the existence of a right forprotection for any informed citizen to fulfill its role, taking note that the right of accessto public information determines a new form of democracy, participatory democracy.This paper describes the relationships between society, the right of access toinformation and access to public documents. As a conclusion it appears that the right ofaccess to public documents is the right to know what the authorities do, as it is a basichuman right to defend the basic rights of citizens against possible abuses ofgovernment.