NOVEDADES DE ACCESS INFO
¡MANTENTE AL DÍA! LEE SOBRE NUESTRO DÍA A DÍA LUCHANDO POR UNA MAYOR TRANSPARENCIA EN TODA EUROPA
Anti-corruption organisations call for reform of Access to Information Laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro
Sarajevo, 1 June 2010: Faced with a chronic lack of transparency in the region, leading anti-corruption organisations today called for urgent reform of the access to information laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro. The call by Transparency International BiH, Transparency International Croatia, MANS and Access Info Europe, follows consultations with citizens, journalists and NGOs who confirmed that public
GMO Crop Data
Publishing information on GM Crops is not dangerous but responsible Madrid, 19 May 2010: Access Info today rejected accusations by the agricultural association Anove that the publication by Friends of the Earth (Spain) of the location of research fields for genetically modified (GM) crops was “irresponsible”, “dangerous” and could “incite violence”.1 The members of Anove include Monsanto, Pioneer and Syngenta.2
El Proyecto Chipre Abierto celebra el Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa.
3 Mayo 2010, Nicosia/Madrid: Los miembros fundadores de la Coalición Chipre Abierto recuerdan qu, según las UNESCO, el ejercicio de la libertad de prensa requiere del derecho a saber y por ello renuevan su llamado para un reconocimento en la ley y en la práctica del derecho de acceso a la información en Chipre. Lea aquí el artículo de prensa
Coalicion WPFD 2010
Spanish government urged to publish draft access to information law Madrid, 3 May 2010 – On World Press Freedom Day Spain’s Coalición Pro Acceso has written to the government calling on it to publish the draft of the future access to information law. The 30-member coalition is calling on the government to publish the draft before it is sent to
World Press Freedom Day 2010
World Press Freedom Day special focus on the Right to Know 3 May 2010 is World Press Freedom day. It focuses this year on the «Right to Know», the right of everyone to access information held by public bodies. This right is an essential part of the right to freedom of expression anchored in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration
Montenegro Questionnaire
Montenegrin Government Releases EU Accession Questionnaire Madrid/Brussels/Podgorica, 14 April 2010: Access Info Europe and MANS welcome the release on Monday, 12 April 2009, by the Montenegrin government of its replies to the European Union’s pre-accession questionnaire, which were submitted to the European Commission in December 2009. The two civil society organisations had previously been refused access by the European Commission