Bolivia Supreme Decree No. 28168 of 2005 - Transparency in the Management of Executive Power UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION CONSIDERING That the right of people to information, consisting of exercising the freedom to seek, receive and disseminate information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing, in print, artistic or by any another procedure of its choice, is recognized, in its individual aspect, in subsection b) of Article 7 of the Political Constitution of the State, which establishes the right to freely issue ideas and opinions by any means of dissemination, and, in its social aspect, as an implicit right, in its Article 35. That the right to information is directly related to the fundamental right of people to formulate petitions individually or collectively, recognized in subparagraph h) of Article 7 of the Political Constitution of the State. That the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in its Article 19, establishes that: "Every individual has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes not being disturbed because of their opinions, of investigating and receiving information and opinions, and of disseminating them, without limitation of borders, by any means of expression. " That the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights indicates the need for States to guarantee the right of every person to freedom of expression, which includes the freedom to seek, receive and disseminate information and ideas without regard to borders, either orally, in written or artistic form, or by any other procedure of their choice. That the American Convention on Human Rights stipulates that the right of expression may not be restricted by indirect means or means, such as the abuse of official or private controls of newsprint, of radio frequencies or devices used in the dissemination of information, or by any other means aimed at preventing communication and the circulation of ideas and opinions. That Resolution No. 1932 adopted by the Organization of American States, in its plenary session of June 10, 2003, establishes that: "access to public information is an indispensable requirement for the very functioning of democracy, a greater transparency and good public management, and that in a democratic, representative and participatory system, citizens exercise their constitutional rights of political participation, voting, education and association, among others, through a broad freedom of expression and free accessto information. " That in a broad and inclusive democratic society the aspiration is the validity of a right to