Dispute Settlement Procedures for Public Information

Supreme Court Regulation No. 02 of 2011 on Procedures for Settling Public Information Disputes in Court (“Regulation”) has been issued to implement Law No.14 of 2008 on Public Information Transparency (“Law 14/2008”).

Article 1 defines terms that are used throughout the Regulation. A claim is defined as a written statement from a disputing party that objects to an Information Commission decision, in Article 1 (1).

An Information Commission decision, as defined in Article 1 (2), is an administrative (non-litigation) decision by the   Commission, which adjudicates disputes between public agencies and information applicants.

Article 1 (5) defines public information as information that is generated, stored, managed, delivered and/or received by a government institution and non-governmental public institution as well as other information related to public interests.