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Human Rights Alert (NGO)

Joseph Zernik, PhD " PO Box 31440, Jerusalem 91313, Israel; jz12345@earthlink.net ; 91313 " 04413,

Digitally signed by Joseph Zernik DN: cn=Joseph Zernik, o, ou, email=jz12345@e arthlink.net, c=US Date: 2011.12.05 19:49:55 +02'00'

11-12-05 Freedom of Information Response by Ministry of Justice, in re: Users Manuals and other instruction materials for the electronic record systems of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (Eng + Heb). Attached:
# 1 2 Record 11-12-05 Response by Ministry of Justice (English) 11-12-05 Response by Ministry of Justice (Hebrew) Page # 2 3

Brief Chronology: On September 5, 2011, a Request was filed under Zernik v State of Israel for instruction material, relative to the operation of the electronic systems of the Court. [ i ] The Request failed to appear in the online public access system, and no decision was issued in this matter. However, in the September 7, 2011 Judgment in the same case (quoted above), a note was inserted, instructing the author to seek the material from the Ministry of Justice. On October 10, 2011, request was filed with the Ministry of Justice for copies of instruction material. On November 24, 2011, response was received from the Public Communications Unit of the Ministry of Justice. The response in part says: [ ii ]
As a rule, we are not an appeal instance, and we have no authority to intervene in judicial proceedings and decisions, issued by the courts or the Supreme Court. The subject of your letter falls under the authority of the administration of the courts, and you may approach them directly, their address: The Department of Public Communications and Internal Audit

On December 5, 2011, an additional response was received from the Public Communications Unit, this time on a formal request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (1988):
a public authority is permitted to deny a request in one of the following cases: the information was created by another public authority You may approach in this regard the Courts Authority.

Consequently, on November 14, 2011, a request was filed also with the Israeli Courts Authority, Freedom of Information office . [ iii ] The office confirmed receipt of the fax. No response was received to this date. LINKS
11-09-05 Zernik v State of Israel (6041/11) - Request for Access to case management system records and user's manuals (Eng + Heb) http://www.scribd.com/doc/63999716/ ii 11-11-24 Correspondence with the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel, in re: Electronic Record Systems of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel http://www.scribd.com/doc/73693415/ iii 11-11-14 Request per Freedom of Information Act for Instruction Material or User's Manuals for Supreme Court, as filed on the Israeli Courts Authority (Eng) http://www.scribd.com/doc/72951950/
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December 5, 2011 Response by Ministry of Justice 2011/12/5 Hofesh.Meida <Hofesh.Meida@justice.gov.il> Greetings, After review of your request, I herein respond, that your request is denied, pursuant to Article 8(5), Freedom of Information Act (1988), which states: a public authority is permitted to deny a request in one of the following cases: the information was created by another public authority You may approach in this regard the Courts Authority. You may appeal this decision in the Administrative Court, pursuant to Article 17 of the Act. Cordially, Michal Tenne, Attorney Director of the Public Communications Unit and Attorney in Charge of the Freedom of Information Office

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