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Success Story 42: Due to FOICA the Concept of the Struggle against Disinformation was Adopted

Thanks to two years of efforts of FOICA and active cooperation with partners, the Concept and the Action Plan of the Struggle against Disinformation 2024-2026 were adopted. The documents were developed by the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia.

Success Story 41: Thanks to the court case FOICA received the requested information

In January 2024, the "Civil Pact" party, after the FOICA appealed to the court, asked to sign a settlement agreement and provided the required information on pre-election fundraising.

Success Story 40: FOICA vs. 7 Municipalities, A 5-Year Judicial Marathon

This is the first court precedent in Armenia, which refers to proactive transparency; the local public authority was obliged to fulfill the duty established by the FOI law to ensure proactive transparency, based on a judicial act.

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Success Story 5։ Administrative Accountability for Failure to Provide Information

July 6, 2009

The FOICA is the first and the single organization in Armenia, which managed to impose an administrative penalty via court on the official, who violated the freedom of information right.

On July 6, 2009, the RA Administrative Court, with Judge Arthur Poghosyan presiding, reached an unprecedented decision when it upheld the Freedom of Information Center’s claim to impose an administrative penalty on an official for his failure to provide information. As a result, the mayor of the village of Yelpin (Vayots Dzor marz), Khoren Avetisyan paid a 50,000 AMD fine for failing to provide the information requested by the FOI Center on time. The FOICA’s request was about the Yelpin community budget and budget implementation report. https://www.foi.am/en/all-cases/item/149/