Grounds for submission and procedure for consideration of a request for information on the court’s activities

Ilona TKACHENKO

TKACHENKO I. (2022), Grounds for submission and procedure for consideration of a request for information on the court’s activities, Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, №4, 438-445

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2022-4-438-445

 

ABSTRACT. The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of submitting and considering a request for obtaining information about the activity of courts as a form of public control over its activity. The concept of public information, the procedure and features of considering a public request and providing information about court activities, types of information about court activities that are not subject to publication and protection of information with limited access are defined.

An analysis of the legal framework for providing and publishing information about the court’s activities and the procedure for providing such information was carried out. It has been found that the following measures are taken by the court aimed at access to public information of which they are the managers in the following ways: 1) systematic and prompt publication of public information in official printed publications; 2) posting of public information on the official website of the State Administrative Court, court websites and the Internet; 3) placement of public information on information stands in court premises; 4) provision of information upon information requests; 5) provision of open access to the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.

In order to unify the procedure for consideration of citizens’ appeals and requests for public information, it is proposed to develop a Model Regulation «On the Procedure for Consideration in Courts of Citizens’ Appeals and Requests for Provision of Public Information about Court Activities», which should be approved by the Order of the State Administrative Court and include the following provisions: types of public information about activities of the court, which is publicly available and posted on the information resources of the State Administrative Court; types of public information about the court’s activities that can be provided upon request and which cannot be provided upon public request and constitute a state secret, information with limited access and contain confidential information; subjects of consideration of requests; the procedure for considering requests and forming and sending responses to the applicant (taking into account the peculiarities of submission and consideration of electronic requests).

Keywords: citizens’ appeal, public information, public information about the court’s activities, request for public information about the court’s activities.

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