Compliance with the Law to Free Access to Information in the Conditions of Southern Bohemia

This bachelor's thesis explores how the right to information is practiced in southern Bohemia on the basis of Act No. 106/1999 Coll., on free access to information. The work introduces the theoretical legal basis, which is further applied in the analytical part with the use of the method of mystery shopping, so filing to own requests to information to selected obligated entities, which are Municipal authority of České Budějovice, Municipal authority of Tábor, Municipal authority of Netolice, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Hospital in České Budějovice and Remand jail in České Budějovice. The work also includes an analysis of annual reports from years 2015-2020, where is possible to see the number of applications, appeals, complaints or administrative lawsuits filed against selected obligated entities. Next survey was realised as interviews with two people of selected obligated entities, from who I gained a lot of interesting information. Subsequently, a questionnaire survey was also included to ascertain people's awareness of the right to information and, if any of the respondents had already made a request, where was filed and what it related to. Finally, possible legislative and methodological changes are mentioned that could improve the functioning and application of this law not only in southern Bohemia but in the whole Czech Republic