basically it says that every information or data that the state produces belongs to the citizen

基本上此法表明了所有政府的資訊和數據都是屬於人民的

The FOI law in Hungary is quite a progressive one

匈牙利的資訊自由法相當進步

but the problem is that it has been amended in 2013

問題是它在2013年時它被修改了

The FOI requests that are vexatious

所以現在要求資訊公開非常的麻煩

can be denied by the authority.

而且可能會被有關當局拒絕

The access to information law that was passed in Rwanda in 2013

盧旺達在2013年通過了資訊近用法

is actually very strong, compared to what I've been hearing this morning

相較於今天早上在AlaveteliCon聽到的其他例子

at AlaveteliCon, so

它算是滿健全的

it requests that people provide the information in three days

他要求人們須在三天內提供資訊

maximum

至多

Information officers can say that it's going to take a little bit longer, but that only buys them another week.

資訊管理者可以主張他們需要更多時間，但頂多只能再延長一週的時限

So, three days for everyone in the public

所以有關當局須在三天內提供資訊給民眾

two days if you're a journalist

兩天內提供給記者

One day if someone's life or liberty are at risk.

如果有人因為相關資訊受到自由或生命威脅，則須在一天內提供資訊

In Australia, we're lucky to have quite good FOI laws

在澳洲我們很幸運的有很棒的資訊自由法

but they're disastrously not used, and

但很糟的是他們不怎麼被實行

so we created RightToKnow to make people more aware of their FOI rights

所以我們創建了RightToKnow網站讓人們了解他們的資訊自由權

and hopefully to get them to start making requests

並期望他們不要再不為所動

which Australians typically don't do.

能多向當局索取資訊

So, anyone has the right to access information that public authorities hold

所有人都有權向公家機關索取資訊

and that's in the form of documents

以及文件為形式的資料

So, whilst you can't ask for information, you can ask for any document that they hold currently.

所以如果你不能得到特定資訊，你可以索取任何一個他們現有的文件