right to demand the examination of public records as part of freedom of information (Paterson‚ 2005). It is a public right where the parties concerned are the citizens and they can ask for information as long as it is of public interest. This is the freedom of information. It simply means the access by individuals as a presumptive right to information held by public authorities (Black’s Law Dictionary‚ 1990). The object of the Freedom of Information Act is to extend as far as possible the right
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Background of the Study The People’s Freedom of Information Act of 2013 was defined as an important piece of legislation to promote transparency in the government ’s administrative process. With this act‚ Filipino citizens are empowered to make a formal request to get information which is held by the government‚ barring certain sensitive and important data related to the nation ’s security. In some countries‚ this law also states that the government is duty-bound to publish information
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How significant were the Freedom Rides and the Tent Embassy and what has been the long term impact on reconciliation in Australia? Rights for Aborigines were very limited compared to those for immigrated Australians until very recently. A number of events in the 20th century helped bring more rights to Aborigines. Two of these events were the Freedom Rides of 1965 and the Tent Embassy‚ first seen in 1972. The Freedom Rides of 1965 took place in New South Wales from the 12th to the 26th of February
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Timothy Collins 2/10/2013 National Security: An Intuitive Understanding The debate over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is one with strong opinions on both sides of the issues. There are pros and cons to the extensive network of security that the federal government has created to combat domestic and international terrorism. National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic power‚ diplomacy‚ power projection and political power. The
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What is freedom? Is it an absolute right? We are born to become free. Freedom is defined from different aspects ‚and according to different cultures‚freedom varies from culture to another.Some define freedom as a natural right‚the human being is born with.Everyone wants to be free and independent from others.Freedom is the right to do what one wants‚live where he wants‚eat what he wants‚learns what he wants‚and chooses the religion in which he believes‚without ignoring or harming other rights.
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Human security is an emerging paradigm for understanding global vulnerabilities whose proponents challenge the traditional notion of national security by arguing that the proper referent for security should be the individual rather than the state. Human security holds that a people-centered view of security is necessary for national‚ regional and global stability. The concept emerged from a post-Cold War‚ multi-disciplinary understanding of security involving a number of research fields‚ including
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Should Ice Cube Chill? This question was brought up by a very powerful American journalist Jon Pareles which is chief over popular-music critics at The New York Times. Freedom of speech was billed in 1791. Ice Cube has the right to speak his mind about our society. Cultures need to learn more about how the world use to be and the difference now. Cubes music comes off "with racism is ugly and simplistic because Ice cube solely focuses on bashing the racism he experiences; his vulgarly expressed ideas
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Diplomacy and Security Introduction Diplomacy derives from the Greek verb diplono meaning to fold and referred to the folding metal plates used in Roman time as formal documents. The ability to practice diplomacy is one of the defining elements of a state‚ and diplomacy has been practiced since the formation of the first city-states. Originally diplomats were sent only for specific negotiations‚ and would return immediately after their mission concluded. Diplomats were
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Freedom Of Speech‚ Assembly And Association Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia guarantees Malaysian citizens the right to freedom of speech‚ freedom of assembly and freedom of association but such freedom and rights are not absolute‚ unlike the First Amendment in the United States Constitution. Subject to Clauses (2)‚ (3) and (4)‚ under Article10 all citizens have the right to:- freedom of speech and expression; assemble peaceably and without arms; form associations. Experts such
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already seizing on the opportunity to politicize this unimaginable act of terrorism. The smoke had barely settled in Boston when Rahm Emanuel was already praising the use of cameras by government agencies‚ others started talking about heightened security at public events‚ and some liberal activists are even using the bombing as a way to further their anti-gun agenda. Then the other morning as I was watching the Today show‚ they had a segment where the “professionals” gave their opinions on current
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