Transparencia y acceso a la información pública, sujeto a la vigilancia de la defensoría del pueblo en el cumplimiento de la LOTAIP, en las instituciones públicas de Cuenca durante el 2012

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ABSTRACT The following work is a concrete and complete analysis on the monitoring carried out by the Public Defense Office to public institutions or those that receive state funds to comply with the provisions of the Constitution, International Treaties and Conventions, Laws and Regulations, to guarantee citizens the right of access to public information, as well as transparency and treatment that these institutions should give to the information that rests in its dependencies. In 2004, the National Congress approved the Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information, a year later it issued its regulations and to ensure compliance with the law, is delegated to the Public Defense Office as an institution responsible to guarantee, promote, and mo nitor the proper exercise of the right to free access to public information by citizens and legal compliance with these regulations in public institutions, this responsibility is assigned to this organization for being an entity that has the protection function and tutelage of the rights of the inhabitants of Ecuador, inside and outside the country. However, the nine years of the term of LOTAIP, even some public institutions are reluctant to comply with such legislation, affecting one of the human rights of citizens which is to be informed.