ADVANCING THE RIGHT OF
ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN SPAIN
WE CAMPAIGN FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY, IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE
Spain will rank 72nd out of 96 countries with access to information laws
Madrid, 10 September 2013 – Access Info Europe has again warned that the current version of the Spanish transparency law does not meet international standards. The law will be approved by the Parliament on Thursday 12 September, it will then be passed to the Senate for approval. When adopted, Spain would rank 72nd out of 96 countries with access to
Spain’s Pro-Transparency Organisations denounce adoption by Parliamentary Committee of weak and insufficient draft access to information law
Madrid, 31 July 2013 – The Constitutional Commission of Spain’s Parliament (Congress) today adopted using the voting majority of the ruling Partido Popular and two smaller parties, the draft law on Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance. This will be passed to the plenary of the parliament in September for subsequent approval by the Senate, most likely to come
Another Secretive Step For Spain’s Transparency Law
Madrid, 26 July 2013 – Access Info Europe today criticised once again the process by which Spain’s transparency law is being adopted, which continues to be secretive and non-participatory. In the latest development, on Thursday 25 July, with domestic and international attention focused on the news of Spain’s tragic train crash, a closed door session of the Parliament’s Constitutional Commission
El Defensor del Pueblo de Navarra insta al Gobierno Foral a flexibilizar sus requisitos de acceso a la información
(Artículo publicado en tuderechoasaber.es el 9 de julio de 2013) El Defensor del Pueblo de Navarra ha recomendado por escrito al Gobierno foral flexibilizar los requisitos de acceso a la información y ser menos restrictivo en la ejecución técnica de la nueva Ley Foral de Transparencia y Gobierno Abierto de la Comunidad de Navarra. Esta reacción se ha producido tras
Análisis de las enmiendas a la totalidad y de las enmiendas parciales a la ley de transparencia presentadas por los distintos grupos parlamentarios
El proyecto de ley de transparencia, acceso a la información y buen gobierno está siendo debatido en el Congreso de los Diputados. El pasado jueves 30 de mayo se debatieron en pleno las enmiendas a la totalidad presentadas por todos los grupos parlamentarios menos el Partido Socialista Obrero Español. Próximamente empezará el debate sobre las enmiendas parciales que han presentado
ECHR reaffirms the fundamental character of the right of access to information
Madrid, 4 July 2013 – Whilst in Spain the main parties have closed the debate and rejected the fundamental nature of the right of access to information, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has again ruled on the contrary, reaffirming that, “the right of access to information contained in public documents is a fundamental human right that must be
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