TC-INF - Information Policy
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On 4 October 2017, the Ministers' Deputies invited their Thematic Co-ordinator on Information Policy (TC-INF) to follow closely the co-operation between the Council of Europe and Internet and telecommunications companies (CM/Del/Dec(2017)1296/1.6).
On 4 May 2022, the Deputies invited the TC-INF to follow closely the implementation of the Council of Europe digital agenda 2022-2025 on “Protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the digital environment” (CM/Del/Dec(2022)1433/1.7).
On 10 January 2024, in the light of the Reykjavík Declaration and their discussions, the Deputies agreed to invite the TC-INF to make proposals for improving the transparency of their documentation and to report back (CM/Del/Dec(2024)1485/1.6).
See also:
Thematic Co-ordinator on Information Policy: Ambassador Aloisia WÖRGETTER, Permanent Representative of Austria
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Many of the documents relating to the work of the Committee of Ministers (CM) are classified "restricted" at the date of issue, which means that only the governments of member and observer States and the Secretariat of the Council of Europe have access to them. The majority of these documents are declassified immediately after the meeting at which they are examined by the CM, although certain documents may remain classified for one year from the date of issue.
Documents prepared by the Ministers’ Deputies' working groups (GR-C, GR-DEM, etc.) are usually classified "restricted" for one year from the date of issue.
Very rarely, a document may be classified “confidential" at the date of issue, which means that only member State governments have access to it. Confidential documents are declassified after 10 years.
The texts currently in force on access to documents are CM/Del/Dec(1998)641/1.3 and CM/Del/Dec(2000)735/1.5a, para. 7.