This right implies that all citizens must have access to public information.
This access can be exercised in two ways:
- Consult, in the Transparency Portal, the Active Advertising section, which includes the obligations established in articles 6, 6 bis, 7 and 8 of Law 19/2013 on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance.
- Submit a request for access to public information in the event that the requested information is not published in the Transparency Portal.
Both in one case and the other, Law 19/2013 establishes limits for access to public information in the Article 14.
It should be noted that the right to know recognized in the aforementioned Law 19/2013 is not a fundamental right, (that is, it is not a right specially protected by our Constitution).
The United Nations has recognized the initiative to celebrate 28 September as the International Day of the Right to Know.
El International Day of the Right to Know It also serves to remember that most of the advances in transparency have been the result of the work of a demanding citizenry, and that today it is more necessary than ever for citizens to become more involved in the process. The right to know begins with the duty to ask.
Sections of the Transparency Portal related to the Right to Know: