Thailand: environmental and health information must be available to the public
Oct 22, 2010
Thailand Environment Institute and its allied organizations succeeded to request the Official Information Commission to use its powers derived from Section 9(8) of the Official Information Act B.E. 2540 (1997) to issue an announcement specifying that information on the environment and health are information that state agencies have to make available to the people so they can look into and monitor.
On June 7, 2010, The Official Information Commission promulgate the announcement of specifying that information on the environment and health are information that must be available for people to monitor, as stipulated in Section 9 (8) of the Official Information Act B.E. 2540 (1997).
Please see attachment for more information.
| Attachment | Size |
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| 4. background Section 9_8_.pdf | 29.15 KB |
| 3. announment section 9_8__07june2010.pdf | 143.6 KB |
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Congratulations Somrudee,
Congratulations Somrudee, this is a great achievement for both TEI and The Access Initiative, and a good practice other partners can follow to advocate in their governments.
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