“Right of Access to Information” Training Session Held

Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS] holds

training session on the "Right of Access to Information"

A training session on the "Right of Access to Information" has begun in Amman on Feb. 21^st. The Session organized by ACHRS and supported by MEPI. A total of 30 men and women are participating in the training session. They represent the various audio-visual and print media, some ministries, and civil society organizations.

Director of the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS], Dr. Nizam Assaf, has declared that the training session is part of an ACHRS program on the media and the media freedoms.

Dr. Assaf explained that during the four-day training session, numerous topics pertaining to the right of access to information will be discussed. These topics are as follows: the international criteria on the freedom of opinion and expression, the historic development of the right of access to information, and the common principles of the laws pertaining to the right of access to information in several other countries. The topics will also include the right of the media workers to access information, the law guaranteeing the right of access to information in Jordan, and the law on the protection of the secrets and documents of the State.

The session will also include practical training on the international criteria of the freedom of opinion and expression, training on trials involving the issues of press and publications, and the right of access to information.

A team of trainers of Jordanian media workers consisting of lecturers and specialized trainers will do the training. They are Yahya Shuqayr, Umar Shneikat, and Salem Qubaylat.

It should be recalled that Jordan is the only Arab country which has acceded to the Law on the Right of Access to Information nearly one and a half years ago.