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ARROJANDO LUZ A LA FORMA EN QUE SE TOMAN LAS DECISIONES EN RESPUESTA A LA CRISIS HUMANITARIA EN EUROPA
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
The Global Right to Information Update: The right to information movement is well positioned to fight for better commitments on corporate transparency and open data.
Madrid, 8 July 2013 – The largest analysis of the worldwide movement for access to information, The Global Right to Information Update was published today by the Freedom of Information Advocates Network. The publication looks at how the movement for the right to information has brought issues of transparency and open government to the forefront of political and economic debate
El Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos reafirma el carácter fundamental del derecho de acceso la información
Madrid, 4 de julio de 2013- Mientras en España los grandes partidos dan por cerrado el debate y niegan el carácter fundamental del derecho de acceso a la información, el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos vuelve a sentenciar lo contrario afirmando que “el derecho de acceso a la información de documentos públicos es un derecho humano fundamental que debería aplicarse
Access Info signs letter in support of independent EU Ombudsman
Madrid, 2 July 2013 – Today, a group of European civil society organisations, concerned by the nomination of MEPs in the EU Ombudsman election, sent a letter to MEPs calling on them to vote for an impartial and independent Ombudsman during the July plenary session. The election of the EU Ombudsman is being fought by 6 candidates; Alex Brenninkmeijer (The
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.
Urgen a la Comisión Europea a atajar el dominio de los negocios en los grupos de expertos
Bruselas, 27 de junio de 2013 – El Defensor del Pueblo Europeo emitió hoy una serie de recomendaciones para la Comisión Europea sobre cómo afrontar el dominio de los intereses económicos en sus grupos de expertos, de acuerdo con una investigación que se ha llevado cabo desde hace tres años, a raíz de una reclamación de Alliance for Lobbying Transparency