El enfoque de capacidades en la promoción del derecho a la información en comunidades en vulnerabilidad
The right to information is a useful human right for the demand of other rights and for participation in public space; however, public information is not available equally for all people due to barriers as digital, literacy, schooling, underprivileged economic situation, gender, language and/or ethn...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7751087 |
| Source: | Estudios en derecho a la información, ISSN 2683-2038, Nº. 11 (Enero-junio 2021), 2021, pags. 93-122 |
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The right to information is a useful human right for the demand of other rights and for participation in public space; however, public information is not available equally for all people due to barriers as digital, literacy, schooling, underprivileged economic situation, gender, language and/or ethnicity. While right to information promotion policies have been based on dissemination on mass media and projects with a “user training” approach, which do not necessarily consider the development of capabilities of people nor reduce barriers to access and use of public information, especially in vulnerable sectors. The aim of this article is to propose the use of the capabilities approach in public policies to promote the right to information, so that people can use public information as an indispensable tool for the capability to control their political environment. To do this, an analytical model of capabilities for access and use of public information is developed and applied in a case study of “Transparencia proactiva”, a program by Article 19 Mexico and Central America which promotes right to information in rural and mostly indigenous communities in the northern jungle of Chiapas, Mexico, in order to identify strategies focused on developing capabilities for access and use of public information. Based on this, some public policy recommendations are offered, from the capabilities approach to improve public policies to promote right to information in vulnerable people. |
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