Five Principles for an Open and Accountable NATO

 
Greater transparency is key to NATO becoming closer to citizens and to increased public awareness and understanding of the Alliance.
 
The right of access to information is firmly established in international and national law as a human right and is essential for upholding the values which NATO was created to protect. It therefore applies to all national and international public bodies and should also apply to NATO.
 
The right of access to information includes both the right of everyone to request and receive information and a positive obligation on public institutions to compile and disseminate proactively information related to their core functions.
 
The great majority of NATO's 28 member states already have legal mechanism for requesting and receiving information held by public bodies which also apply to information about defence and the armed forces as well as about foreign relations. NATO should be bound by the same transparency norms as its members.
 
This document produced by Access Info calls on NATO to adopt an Information Openness Policy based upon five principles. Read more in the attached pdf