El derecho de acceso a la información pública en América del Sur: Análisis doctrinal, normativo y jurisprudencial en la era digital del siglo XXI

Abstract

Information, a civic right inherent to the lives of individuals and legal entities, constitutes the raw material for strengthening democracy, public transparency, building learning, academic development, and technological and scientific production. This study aims to conduct a systematic, analytical, and prospective analysis of the current doctrinal, normative, and jurisprudential approach to the right of access to public information in the democratic states of South America in the context of the digital age. A qualitative methodology is adopted within the framework of legal hermeneutics as a philosophical and theoretical guideline for interpreting the legal nature, multi-thematic value, scope, effectiveness, and social relevance of the right of access to public information in its interdependent relationship with technological development. The results show that technological innovations enhance the production and availability of information on institutional websites. The IACHR established a line of jurisprudence aimed at safeguarding the right of access to public information, guaranteeing the training of public servants within the framework of institutional transparency. In Bolivia, despite the lack of a Law on Access to Public Information, constitutional justice is beginning to establish the foundations for a guarantee-based jurisprudence.