Global Conference for the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2023

On 28 September 2023, the Bonavero Institute, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (FCDO) organised the 2023 Global Conference on Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) in celebration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information. The conference took place at the Bonavero Institute and its theme was “The Importance of the Online Space for Access to Information”. It was attended by Justices and senior judges, information commissioners, and leading academics and civil society organisations from across the globe, as well as by UNESCO and FCDO officials, including Mr Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth and United Nations, and Mr Kanbar Hossein Bor, Head of the Democratic Governance and Media Freedom Department at the FCDO. The conference recognised the importance of the online space for access to information, leading to the adoption of the 'Oxford statement on importance of access to information and digital connectivity'. You can read the statement on the UNESCO page and the FCDO page at the following links:
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