From the freedom to receive and impart information to the right  to (public) information. The evolution of the case law of the European  Court of Human Right in the field of art. 10 of the Convention  for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

The text presents an analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning art. 10 paragraph 1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. On the basis of selected judgments of the Court relating to article. 10 paragraph. 1 of the Convention in so far as guaranteed in the provision of “freedom to receive and impart information without interference by public authority”, this article presents the evolution of the case law of the Strasbourg Court. These considerations led to reconstruct jurisprudence standard of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the right to public information. The authors referre to the standard of protection of the right to public information guaranteed by the Polish Constitution and conclude that it cannot justify the thesis that the standard of protection of the right to information is higher in the Polish Constitution.

Implementation of the openness of the judiciary judgments  as access to the public information as element of social control

The openness of public life is an event of the so called new time. It is a value that is evaluated positiv because by guaranteeing the access to the information about so called public affairs creates a possibility of the social control and by the same time an active function of the individual in the state with a democratic system. One of his elements is the possibility of gaining information via measures of public subjects that are called subjects that are obliged to give information. In view of the wide approach of the notion public information guaranteed by the legislator such information are also judgments of judiciary organs. In the Polish law order there are various forms of granting of the court judgments. One of the solutions is the granting according to the act of law dated 6. September 2001 about public information. This work shall evaluate that process of the granting and confrontation with other forms of the openness implementation of the court judgments.

Understanding the right of access to public information on the grounds of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland

The access to public information creates a constitutional right for the citizens, but at the same time it creates the duty for the public authorities to allow its realisation to the greatest extent. The Polish Constitution involves legal norms which meet these requirements, however, doubts arise as to their interpretation. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to identify these doubts and to aim at their reasonable interpretation, which at the same time would be parallel to the will of the legislator of the constitutional system.

The consumer’s right to information of  a personal nature in the Polish Constitution

The article refers to the consumer’s right to information, which is expressed in art. 51 of the Polish Constitution. The author analyzed that provision, explaining the possibility of its horizontal effect, e.g. B2C. Due to the fact that constitutional rules are clarified by statutes, it was reasonable to draw attention to the statute of 29 August 1997 on the protection of personal data, namely the art. 24, art. 25, art. 32 and art. 33. Those provisions relate to the powers of a weaker entity in terms of access to information relating to it.

The Constitutional Right to Information in the Practice of Voivodeship Self-Government in Poland – Research Results

The right to information and the degree to which citizens are informed about the activities of public authorities is of great importance for the quality of public life. The article analyzes the results of research on the manner of conducting information policy by voivodeship self-governments in Poland. They focus on the approach of self-government representatives to the information policy, as well as the communication tools used, which have an impact on the level of informing citizens about the activities of voivodeship self-government.