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Access Info in the News 2011

2018-11-13T10:13:24+01:00

News Articles from 2011 Rendition information not released by European nations New Europe Online | 29/12/2011English - Two human rights organisations, London based Reprieve and the Spanish Access Info Europe, have complained that the majority of 28 nations, mostly European, have refused to release flight traffic information on CIA rendition flights. The data could help track the routes that the planes took. Read more... ¿Cuánto cuestan los viajes del presidente del Tribunal Constitucional? El País | 28/12/2011 Spanish - España carece, junto a Malta, Chipre o Luxemburgo –con secreto bancario-, de una Ley de transparencia, la norma que obliga a

Access Info in the News 20112018-11-13T10:13:24+01:00

Rendition preview

2020-02-14T12:42:32+01:00

  Rendition on Record Report reveals Europe’s cover-up of CIA rendition-to-torture evidence London/Madrid, 19 December 2011 – Just days after new details emerged of a secret CIA prison in Romania used to torture terrorism suspects, a report by two international human rights organisations shows that many European countries are suppressing evidence of their role in the USA’s notorious rendition programme. The report, Rendition on Record, produced by open government specialists Access Info Europe and legal action charity Reprieve reveals how 28 countries have responded to a total of 67 requests for information about specific rendition flights carried out between 2002

Rendition preview2020-02-14T12:42:32+01:00

Rendition on Record: Report reveals Europe’s cover-up of CIA rendition-to-torture evidence

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London/Madrid, 19 December 2011 - Just days after new details emerged of a secret CIA prison in Romania used to torture terrorism suspects, a report by two international human rights organisations shows that many European countries are suppressing evidence of their role in the USA’s notorious rendition programme. The report, Rendition on Record, produced by open government specialists Access Info Europe and legal action charity Reprieve reveals how 28 countries have responded to a total of 67 requests for information about specific rendition flights carried out between 2002 and 2006. While six European countries and the USA responded by releasing

Rendition on Record: Report reveals Europe’s cover-up of CIA rendition-to-torture evidence2023-07-27T15:51:48+02:00

European Parliament adopts proposals to improve EU transparency rules

2018-11-13T10:13:25+01:00

European Parliament adopts proposals to improve EU transparency rules Amsterdam/Madrid/Brussels 15 December 2011 – Access Info Europe, ClientEarth and Greenpeace on 15 December welcomed a vote by the European Parliament vote, adopting proposals to improve the EU’s access to documents rules by a convincing 394 votes in favour, 197 against with 35 abstentions. The proposed reforms, contained in a report drawn up by Michael Cashman MEP already adopted by the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, are now the Parliament’s formal position and will be negotiated with the Council of the European Union, under the upcoming Danish Presidency (first

European Parliament adopts proposals to improve EU transparency rules2018-11-13T10:13:25+01:00

Eurocontrol

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Update:Eurocontrol suggests asking governments to get it to release flight data 23 December 2011 – In response to Access Info’s ongoing investigation into illegal «war on terror» rendition flights, the Director General of the European air traffic management body Eurocontrol, has written to Access Info researcher Lydia Medland stressing its readiness to release the data it holds if asked to do so by if Member States and that it does «try to be as transparent as possible.»

Eurocontrol2018-11-13T10:13:25+01:00

Resultados de la Campaña de las 100 Preguntas

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  Madrid, 2 Abril 2012 – España es el único país de Europa con más de un millón de habitantes que no tiene una ley de acceso a la información. Este dato explica por qué el resultado de la presentación de 113 preguntas a entidades públicas revela un decepcionante 54% de silencio administrativo, la falta de respuesta alguna por parte de las instituciones públicas españolas, a nivel nacional, autonómico y local. Desde 2010 y hasta la fecha se han realizado 5 monitoreos de transparencia  a las instituciones públicas españolas y no se ha registrado una evolución positiva desde entonces. De

Resultados de la Campaña de las 100 Preguntas2018-11-13T10:13:26+01:00

La política de transparencia de la Open Government Partnership necesita mejoras significativas

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25 de noviembre de 2011, Madrid/Halifax – La Open Government Partnership  (Alianza para un Gobierno Abierto), una iniciativa a favor de la transparencia, patrocinada conjuntamente por el presidente  Obama y la Presidenta de Brasil, Rousseff, debe mejorar significativamente su política interna de acceso a la información para cumplir con los estándares que promueve, según un análisis publicado hoy por dos organizaciones especializadas en la materia: Access Info Europe y el Centre for Law and Democracy (Centro para la Ley y la Democracia). Dos meses después de su creación, en septiembre de 2011, cuando 46 países se comprometieron a trabajar en

La política de transparencia de la Open Government Partnership necesita mejoras significativas2020-02-14T16:16:37+01:00

Commission urged to do more to tackle the Revolving Door Phenomenon

2018-11-13T10:13:26+01:00

Commission urged to do more to tackle the Revolving Door Phenomenon Brussels, November 2011 – The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation has launched a new report which calls on the EU institutions to work more actively to block the «revolving door», by which EU staff move from public sector positions to jobs in the private sector, and vice versa. ALTER EU’s major concern about the revolving door phenomenon is the potential for conflicts of interest to arise if ex-officials abuse the know-how, contacts or status acquired through their public sector jobs to provide their new employers or clients

Commission urged to do more to tackle the Revolving Door Phenomenon2018-11-13T10:13:26+01:00

Chipre Abierto: hallazgos y recommendaciones

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15 Noviembre 2011 - Nicosia: Desde 24 Febrero 2001 hasta 20 Junio 2011 habia una consulta online del público en todo Chipre para el informe Chipre Abierto. Durante este periodo, el público tenía la oportunidad participar online sobre el debate del derecho a saber y los mejores mecanismos para avanzar la transparencia y participación pública. Al mismo tiempo, Access Info Cyprus convocaba Mesas Rodondas con la sociedad civil, periodistas, empresarios y funcionarios públicos de ambos lados de la isla. Los hallazgos y las recomendaciones de la investigación y monitorio preliminario (disponible en inglés más bajo) se proveían al público como

Chipre Abierto: hallazgos y recommendaciones2020-02-14T16:16:49+01:00
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