Civil Society takes legal challenge to Spain’s Supreme Court over granting of €30 million to Morocco for migration control
Helen Darbishire2021-04-01T14:35:15+02:00Madrid/Seville, 20 July 2020 – Human rights organisations Access Info Europe and Andalucía Acoge, with legal support from Gentium and research support from Profundo, today announced the submission of legal arguments to the Spanish Supreme Court in a case challenging the granting of €30 million from Spain’s Contingency Fund to the Moroccan authorities for the control of migration towards Spain.
Piden anular partida a Marruecos para controlar el flujo migratorio a España
Helen Darbishire2020-08-05T12:13:31+02:00COPE | 20/07/2020 In Spanish- Las organizaciones de derechos humanos Access Info Europe y Andalucía Acoge han pedido al Tribunal Supremo que anule la concesión por el Gobierno de 30 millones de euros para sufragar parte de los gastos de las autoridades marroquíes en sus labores de control de flujo migratorio a España. Según informan ambas organizaciones, se trata de una partida del Fondo de Contingencia de Ejecución Presupuestaria para sufragar parte de dichos gastos. Read more...
El Supremo decidirá la legalidad de 30 millones entregados a Marruecos para frenar la inmigración irregular
Helen Darbishire2021-03-04T11:02:13+01:00El País | 20/ 07/ 2020 In Spanish- La ayuda financiera entregada a Marruecos para frenar la inmigración irregular ha llegado al Supremo. El tribunal tendrá que decidir sobre la legalidad de 30 millones de euros que el Ejecutivo sacó en 2019 del fondo de contingencia de los Presupuestos para financiar parte del despliegue de las autoridades marroquíes con el objetivo de contener las entradas irregulares en España. La cuestión que estudiará el Supremo no es la ayuda en sí, sino si fue legal recurrir a ese fondo, una reserva presupuestaria destinada a necesidades “urgentes, imprevisibles e inaplazables”, como catástrofes
ONG impugnan ante el Supremo la concesión de 30 millones del Fondo de Contingencia a Marruecos para control migratorio
Helen Darbishire2020-08-05T12:01:36+02:00Europa Press | 20/07/2020 In Spanish- Las organizaciones de derechos humanos Access Info Europe y Andalucía Acoge, bajo la dirección jurídica de Gentium, y con el apoyo de Profundo, han presentado esta semana sus argumentos en una demanda ante el Tribunal Supremo, solicitando que se anule el Acuerdo del Consejo de Ministros del día 19 de julio de 2019, en el que el Gobierno autorizó la concesión de 30 millones de euros del Fondo de Contingencia de Ejecución Presupuestaria para sufragar parte de los gastos de las autoridades marroquíes en sus labores de control del flujo migratorio hacia España. Read
El Supremo decidirá la legalidad de 30 millones entregados a Marruecos para frenar la inmigración irregular
Helen Darbishire2020-08-05T11:56:09+02:00El País | 20/07/2020 In English- La ayuda financiera entregada a Marruecos para frenar la inmigración irregular ha llegado al Supremo. El tribunal tendrá que decidir sobre la legalidad de 30 millones de euros que el Ejecutivo sacó en 2019 del fondo de contingencia de los Presupuestos para financiar parte del despliegue de las autoridades marroquíes con el objetivo de contener las entradas irregulares en España. La cuestión que estudiará el Supremo no es la ayuda en sí, sino si fue legal recurrir a ese fondo, una reserva presupuestaria destinada a necesidades “urgentes, imprevisibles e inaplazables”, como catástrofes naturales o
Publishing open SDG data is key to monitor the progress towards the Agenda 2030
Helen Darbishire2022-10-26T12:34:40+02:00Madrid, 17 July 2020 – Having access to quality data is essential if governments are to measure the progress towards the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, and if civil society and the public are to be able to track progress. Recent research conducted by Access Info in seven European countries, published in the report “Opening Up SDG 5: What do we know about Gender Equality?” (March 2020), found, however, that although most of the surveyed countries had set up a reporting platform or were publishing SDG data online, the data was often outdated, hard to reuse, or
Transparency as a Priority for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Corruption
Helen Darbishire2020-07-15T14:11:30+02:00Madrid, 15 July 2020 - Access Info Europe has called for the right of access to information to be treated as priority during the first UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against corruption, to be held in April 2021 in New York. In its submission to preparation of the UNGASS, Access Info recalls that the United Nations Convention against Corruption UNCAC establishes that States Party should establish specific mechanisms to implement the right of information. “To end corruption it is not enough to prosecute the corrupt once the crime has been committed. It is essential to work to prevent corrupt
Why continued support for transparency is essential to recovering from the coronavirus crisis
Helen Darbishire2020-07-13T10:08:05+02:00Madrid, 13 July 2020 – Access Info Europe has joined 83 civil society organisations from around the world in calling on donors to continue funding transparency and accountability in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis. In an open letter, the signatories welcomed efforts by donors to redirect funds towards potential new needs arising from the covid-19 pandemic, but also stressed the need to keep investment in civil society work on access to information and data disclosure during the recovery phase and beyond. “It has become crystal clear during the past four months that transparent, open,
Pro Bono Network: Lawyers for Transparency
Helen Darbishire2021-06-02T13:07:03+02:00Madrid, 9 July 2020 – Access Info Europe has created a pro bono legal network of lawyers from across Europe with varying legal backgrounds who are willing to offer assistance to requesters seeking access to EU documents, in particular journalists and civil society organisations. The first training of these lawyers took place on 8 June 2020, when the pro bono lawyers heard from lawyers who are leading experts in EU transparency. Onno Brouwer and Elske Raedts, addressed the main exceptions used to withhold documents at the EU level and identified key pro transparency cases from the Court of Justice of