TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS LAW No.

1712 March 6, 2014 Article 5: SCOPE OF APPLICATION

public entity
State organisms and units
Natural and legal persons
Natural person
Political parties or movements
ARTICLE
The ability to1:know
regulates
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theright of access
existence of andtoaccess
the public information in the possession or under the control of obligated subjects is a fundamental [Link]
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public information. They will not be obligated subjects to the information
publish natural or legal persons.

give information under custody or

be reserved or limited unless by constitutional or legal provision. ARTICULO 6:DEFINICIONES
• INFORMATION - It is the data or contents of any document
• PUBLIC INFORMATION - is all the information that a subject generates or obtains
Acquire or control your quality
• CLASSIFIED PUBLIC INFORMATION—It is the information that is in possession of
Article 3: Other principles of transparency and custody of a subject that belongs to a specific private or personal realm of a
access to public information. In the interpretation natural person
• RESERVED PUBLIC INFORMATION - is the information that is in possession of
of the right to access are: custody of a subject
Principle of good faith • PUBLISH OR DISSEMINATE – To make available a means of general access to
Principle of facilitation members
Principle of NON discrimination • OBLIGATED SUBJECTS - is any natural or legal person, public or private.
Principle of gratuity • DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - It is the set of administrative activities
• ARCHIVE DOCUMENT - It is the record of information produced or received
Principle of speed
by the entity
Principle of effectiveness • FILE - It is the set of documents, regardless of their date, form or medium.
Principle of information quality material, accumulated in a natural process by a person or public entity or
Principle of the RESPONSIBILITY of the use of the
private
information • OPEN DATA - They are all primary or unprocessed data.
• DOCUMENT IN PROGRESS - It will not be considered public information or proprietary.
of the liberating process of a obligated subject in its quality.
Artículo 7:Disponibilidad de la Información. TITLE II
By virtue of the rights indicated that FROM ADVERTISING AND THE CONTENT OF INFORMATION
must be available to the public at
through remote or local physical means
of communication

ARTICLE 8: DIFFERENTIAL CRITERION OF

ACCESSIBILITY ARTICLE 10:Advertising
. Facilitate specific populations to access Article 11: Minimum mandatory information
to the information that particularly affects them,
of the hiringThe regarding services or procedures and
the obligated subjects at the request of the obligated subjects must functioning of the obligated subject
communities will disseminate public information update the information to which .
in various languages or dialects it refers to article 9° minimum
.
every month

ARTICLE 9: Minimum mandatory information regarding the structure of the obligated subject:
All obligated subjects must publish the following information:
The description of its organic structure: functions and duties, and the location of its Article 12: Adoption of frameworks
locations and areas in addition to the divisions, departments, and public service hours publication. Every obligated subject must
•Your general budget historical annual budget execution and public spending plans adopt and widely disseminate their
A directory should include the position, email addresses, and phone number of the publication scheme, within the six
employees and officials and the salary scales months following the entry into force of
the present law.
All general and regulatory rules
Their respective annual purchasing plan
The deadlines for compliance with contracts
• Publish the Anti-Corruption and Citizen Attention Plan, in accordance with the article
73 of Law 1474 of 2011.
The information referred to in this article must be published in a way that facilitates
its use and understanding for people, and thus ensure its quality,
veracity, timeliness, and reliability.
Lesson 13: Records of Information Assets:
which contribute
The obligated subject mustto theand
create effectiveness
maintain the Assetand efficiency
Register of the State in serving the citizen as well as to the active promotion of access to information
with the Information:
the categories of information published by the obliged subject
published record.
record available for public request

to guarantee and facilitate to applicants, in a simpler way, access to all the information previously disclosed. This information will be published under the established terms.

. Article 17: Information Systems: To ensure that

electronic information systems are effectively a
tool to promote access to public information:
. They are aligned with the different procedures and
articulated with the guidelines established in the Program
of Document Management in which the necessary procedures and guidelines for the production, distribution, organization are established.
of Document Management of the entity.
. Manage the same information that is found in the
administrative systems of the obligated party
. In the case of information of public interest, there must be a
a window through which one can access information in formats
and languages understandable to citizens
. They are aligned with the government strategy.
TITLE III
ACCESS EXCEPTIONS TO THE
INFORMATION

Article 20: Index of Classified Information

Article 18: Information exempted due to harm and reserved:
rights to natural or legal persons: It is all The obligated subjects must maintain an index
classified public information updated acts, documents, and information
. The right of every person to privacy. qualified and preserved
. The right of every person to life, health and the
security.
. Trade secrets, industrial and
and other professionals,
rules: In those circumstances
as stipulated in the where the entirety of the information contained in a document is not protected by
Paragraph of Article 77 of Law 1474 of 2011.

Article 19: Information exempted due to harm to public interests

All that reserved public information whose access may be rejected or denied in writing:
defense and national security.
public safety.
international relations.
prevention, investigation, and prosecution of crimes and disciplinary offenses
due process and the equality of the parties in judicial proceedings.
effective administration of justice.
children's and adolescents' rights. Artículo 22 : Excepciones temporales :La reserva de
macroeconomic and financial stability of the country. The information protected by Article 19 shall NOT
public health to extend for a period greater than fifteen years.
TITLE IV
FROM GUARANTEES TO THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO

Article 24: On the Right of Access to

the Information. Every person has
right to request and receive information
of any obligated subject, in the manner
Article 2: Functions of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
what the law and the Constitution establish.
The Public Ministry will be responsible for ensuring the proper compliance with the
obligations stipulated in this law:
. Develop preventive actions for compliance with this law.
. Generate reports on compliance with protection decisions regarding access
to the information
. Publish the decisions on guardianship and regulations regarding access to the
public information. Article 25: Request for access to
. Promover el conocimiento y aplicación de la presente ley y sus disposiciones
among the obligated subjects
the Public Oral Written Information
. Apply the disciplinary sanctions established by this law including electronics
. To decide disciplinarily in cases of offenses or misconduct of the law
access to information and transparency of public function
. Require the obligated subjects to adjust their procedures and system
of citizens' attention of that legislation.
. Carry out training activities directly or through third parties
public officials in the area of transparency and access to
information. Article 26: Response to the request for access to information must be
. Generate statistics and reports on transparency and access to information responsible in a timely, accurate, complete, and updated manner,
of the organs of the administration of the State any request must be free of charge
. Deliver the responses to the requests made properly with
request for confidential identification referred to in the paragraph of the article
4th of this law.
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reasons and evidence that support and substantiate the requested information. It must present reserve and confidentiality.

Article 32: Public Policy on Access to Information:

It is the design of the promotion and implementation of the public policy for access to public information, which is the responsibility of the Secretariat of Transparency of the Presidency of the Republic.
(DAFP)
(DNP
The concealment,(DATA).
destruction, or deliberate or partial alteration will be punished under the terms of Article 292 of the Penal Code.

Article 33: Validity and Repeal: This law shall come into force six months from the date of its promulgation.
Article 30: Training support from civil society
national in force for one year afterward.
Differential approach training for the application of the law