THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS A RIGHT PROTECTED BY THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES

U radu se prikazuje način na koji je pravo na pristup informacijama zaštićeno u međunarodnim ugovorima za zaštitu ljudskih prava - Međunarodnom paktu o građanskim i političkim pravima te Američkom konvencijom za zaštitu ljudskih prava. Analizira se praksa Odbora za ljudska prava Ujedinjenih naroda te Međuameričkog suda za ljudska prava. Zatim se prikazuje razvoj pristupa Europskog suda za ljudska prava zaštiti prava na pristup informacijama prema članku 10. Europske konvencije za zaštitu ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda. Usporedba presuda Europskog suda s odlukama Odbora za ljudska prava te Međuameričkog suda dovodi do zaključka da postoje dodirne točke u načinu pružanja zaštite prava na pristup informacijama, ali i da je praksa Europskog suda u određenim pitanjima različita od Odbora za ljudska prava i Međuameričkog suda. Na kraju rada istražuje se praksa Ustavnog suda Republike Hrvatske u vezi s postupcima po Zakonu o pravu na pristup informacijama koji su prethodili ustavnosudskom postupku te se provodi analiza 49 odluka i rješenja Ustavnog suda donesenih u razdoblju od srpnja 2008. do srpnja 2014. Rad završava s određenim zaključcima o razlici uvjeta zaštite prava na pristup informacijama prema Ustavu Republike Hrvatske i Europskoj konvenciji te razini zaštite toga prava koja bi se trebala pružiti.The paper presents the manner in which the right of access to information is protected by international treaties for the protection of human rights - the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights. It analyses the case law of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Furthermore, it shows the development of the approach of the European Court of Human Rights to protecting the right of access to information under Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The comparison of the case law of the European Court with the decisions of the Human Rights Committee and the Inter-American Court leads to the conclusion that there is a common ground in the way of providing protection of the right of access to information, but also that the case law of the European Court in certain issues is different from the case law of the Human Rights Committee and the Inter-American Court. Finally, the paper explores the practice of the Croatian Constitutional Court in proceedings under the Croatian Right of Access to Information Act. The analysis of 49 decisions and rulings of the Constitutional Court adopted in the period from July 2008 to July 2014 is carried out. The paper ends with certain conclusions about the difference of conditions in protecting the right of access to information according to the Croatian Constitution and the European Convention and the level of protection of the rights that should be provided