Information openness and transparency of administrative proceedings

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze the information openness and transparency of administrative proceedings at the present stage. Proceeding from the fact that openness and transparency of legal proceedings are proclaimed as one of the goals of the information policy of the judicial system of Russia for 2020–2030, there is a need for scientific research of information openness and transparency in administrative proceedings.
Taking into account the fact that according to paragraph 5 of Article 6 of the CAS of the Russian Federation, transparency and openness of judicial proceedings are the principles of administrative proceedings, according to the results of the study, the concept of transparency and information openness of administrative proceedings is proposed.
The main conclusion of the article is that the transparency of administrative proceedings is a judicial constitutional principle of administrative judicial process, which represents the possibility of any person not participating in administrative judicial proceedings to actually or virtually be present in the courtroom where a specific administrative case is being considered.
In contrast, the information openness of administrative proceedings is a judicial principle, which consists in providing access to information about the activities of courts in administrative proceedings, contributing to the realization of the constitutional right of everyone to access information (paragraph 4 of Article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation).