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Access Info in the news 2013

2018-11-13T10:12:13+01:00

New articles from 2013 Over 100 groups call on US govt to end mass surveillance of web users The Times of India | 19/12/2013English - Over 100 civil society groups from across the world joined individuals leaders and thinkers, including Aruna Roy and Tim Berners-Lee, in asking the US government to end mass surveillance of the web users. Read more... Activists, civil society groups call for overhaul of governments' privacy laws South China Morning Post | 19/12/2013English - Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has teamed up with more than 100 civil society groups and leading activists

Access Info in the news 20132018-11-13T10:12:13+01:00

Leading Civil Society Organisations Call for Government Transparency on Mass Surveillance

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Madrid/London, 19 December 2013 - Access Info Europe, over 110 civil society organisations across the world, together with individual leaders and thinkers including Aruna Roy and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, have expressed concern that secret mass surveillance and the persecution of whistleblowers contradict the ideals of “open government”. The statement has been sent just as a White House Review Panel recommended that the US National Security Agency should be stripped of its power to collect telephone records in bulk. The groups are calling on Open Government Partnership (OGP) member governments to include specific commitments in their OGP Action Plans to overhaul

Leading Civil Society Organisations Call for Government Transparency on Mass Surveillance2018-11-13T10:12:13+01:00

Recommendations for Progressive Improvements on RTI

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Madrid/Halifax, 18 December 2013 - Specialist right to information organisations Access Info Europe and Centre for Law and Democracy led on the drafting of a set of recommendations for progressive improvements to the right to information (RTI) which should be introduced by governments participating in the Open Government Partnership (OGP). These recommendations form the right to information chapter of the Open Government Guide, which was released at the Open Government Partnership Summit in October 2013. In addition to the key recommendation that States should adopt a law giving effect to the right to information which meets international standards, the chapter

Recommendations for Progressive Improvements on RTI2018-11-13T10:12:14+01:00

UN anti corruption conference makes progress on beneficial ownership transparency and access to information

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Madrid, 13 December 2013 – Access Info Europe has welcomed the progress made on beneficial ownership transparency and access to information mechanisms during the recent conference of governments which are signatories to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), held on 25-29 November in Panama. Access Info Europe has been engaged in advocacy for stronger transparency mechanisms under the UNCAC as part of the UNCAC Coalition of civil society organisations. The agreement to promote transparency of the real owners of businesses followed significant advocacy work by civil society as well as an impassioned conference speech by former UN Secretary General Kofi

UN anti corruption conference makes progress on beneficial ownership transparency and access to information2018-11-13T10:12:14+01:00

Standards: Lobbying Transparency via Right to Information Laws

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Standards: Lobbying Transparency via Right to Information Laws Madrid, 12 December 2013 – Access Info Europe today published a set of recommendations on the information which governments should make available to ensure that there is full transparency around lobbying. “It is not sufficient to place the burden on lobbyists to publish information: public bodies have an obligation to be transparent about their relations with interest groups,” said Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe.

Standards: Lobbying Transparency via Right to Information Laws2018-11-13T10:12:14+01:00

Access Info Europe calls for the creation and publication of registers of beneficial owners.

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Madrid, 4 December 2013 - Access Info Europe together with Inspiraction and Intermon Oxfam has called upon Spanish MEPs to support the creation of a public register of beneficial owners of any kind of corporate structure, trusts, and businesses. This letter was has been sent in the context of an international campaign led by the Financial Transparency Coalition, and with the participation of organisations around Europe. This letter has been sent at a key time, with the EU revising the fourth EU Directive on Money Laundering. The period for presenting amendments closes on the 5 December and the letter is

Access Info Europe calls for the creation and publication of registers of beneficial owners.2018-11-13T10:12:14+01:00

Why you should not need to provide personal ID in order to request access to information

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The Spanish Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance Law establishes the rules on the access to information procedures in Article 17, one of which is identifying the identity of the requester. This is not necessarily a problem, given that many access to information laws around the world also ask for such information in order to direct the response directly back to the requester, the difference and real problem in Spain is that access to information is considered an administrative procedure and therefore making requests comes under administrative procedure rules. The following mini report by Access Info outlines the reasons

Why you should not need to provide personal ID in order to request access to information2018-11-13T10:12:14+01:00

Ya tenemos ley de transparencia, ¿y ahora qué?

2018-11-13T10:12:15+01:00

Madrid, 2 de diciembre 2013 –  El Congreso de los Diputados el 28 de noviembre de 2013 aprobaba las últimas enmiendas a la ley de transparencia para España. Casi diez años después de que se hiciera la primera promesa electoral la sociedad española estrena una ley de transparencia que se coloca a España en la posición 72 de 96 países con leyes de transparencia. Las reacciones de Access Info Europe, de la Coalición Pro Acceso y de la OSCE van en la misma línea, esta ley es insuficiente. Han sido muchas campañas, la campaña de las 100 preguntas, #preguntaalgobierno, tuderechoasaber.es,

Ya tenemos ley de transparencia, ¿y ahora qué?2018-11-13T10:12:15+01:00

In Context of Crisis and Corruption, a Transparency Law with No Heart

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Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe explains why the new Transparency and Access to Information Law in Spain is particularly weak, and also maps out the political context in which the law was adopted, seeking to explain why the Spanish Government opted for an instrument which will not empower citizens to obtain the information they need for participation and to hold power to account. Download a copy or continue reading. Madrid, 28 November 2013 — The Spanish Government has missed an historic opportunity to adopt an access to information law in line with international standards, instead adopting a law

In Context of Crisis and Corruption, a Transparency Law with No Heart2018-11-13T10:12:15+01:00

The Coalición Pro Acceso rejects the Spanish Transparency Law as it is not in line with international standards

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Madrid, 28 November 2013 – The Spanish Parliament today adopted the Law on Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance, the first law of its kind in Spain. The Coalición Pro Acceso regrets that final text is insufficient, given its serious shortcomings and contradictions, making the law obsolete from the outset and far from meeting international standards.

The Coalición Pro Acceso rejects the Spanish Transparency Law as it is not in line with international standards2018-11-13T10:12:15+01:00
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