CAMPAÑAS DE TRANSPARENCIA NACIONALES
PROMOVIENDO Y DEFENDIENDO LA TRANSPARENCIA
Access Info asks for a deeper reform on transparency in France
Madrid, 15 July 2013 – France has recently been embroiled in multiple scandals that have revealed a number of situations of conflicts of interest within the public institutions. In order to restore citizens’ trust in their representatives, the French government has made the issue of transparency a high priority on the political agenda. On 24 April, the Ayrault government proposed
Constitutional Provisions for Access to Information
What is a constitution? A constitution is the basic law of a given country. It lays out the formal structure of the state, defining the central governments powers and institutions. Moreover, it specifies the relationship between the central government and other levels. Additionally, the constitution establishes the rights of citizens and thereby creates limits on the government. How many of
Access to Information Laws in Europe
In this section you can find the English language texts of access to information laws from across Europe. For each country, we also provide you with a link to the country-pages of the RTI Rating website, where you can find detailed analyses of all the world’s access to information laws, against 61 indicators developed by an international panel of access
ECHR ruling Youth Initiative NGO Serbia
Fundamental right of access to information strengthened by ECHR ruling Madrid, 27 June 2013 – Access Info Europe welcomes the recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights which further strengthens the right of access to information held by public bodies. A summary of the ruling The ECHR ruled on the case between ‘Youth Initiative for Human Rights vs.
Access Info Europe calls on the Ukrainian Parliament to adopt without further delay important amendments concerning access to information
Madrid, 15 June 2013 – Access Info Europe calls on the Ukrainian Parliament to adopt Draft Law No. 0947 before summer recess and align Ukrainian legislation with the new information laws that Ukraine passed in 2011. Draft amendments are pending in the Parliament since May 2012 and are key for the proper enforcement of the landmark 2011 Law of Ukraine
Bosnia y Herzegovina: Las reformas propuestas a la Ley de Libertad de Información limitarían el acceso a mucha información de importancia pública
Access Info se suma a la OSCE en su petición para que se retiren las enmiendas Madrid, 4 de junio de 2013 – Access Info Europe ha planteado hoy su preocupación de que las enmiendas propuestas a la Ley de Libertad de Acceso a la Información de Bosnia y Herzegovina excluyan un gran volumen de información del derecho de acceso
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