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20 Jan 2012

Primera reunión del nuevo ejecutivo con la sociedad civil sobre el futuro de la transparencia en España

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Madrid, 20 de enero de 2012 – Hoy Access Info Europe ha acudido a una reunión en el Ministerio de la Presidencia convocada por el nuevo Secretario de Estado de Relaciones con las Cortes Generales para hablar sobre la futura ley de transparencia y acceso a la información para España. Access Info Europe ha destacado durante la reunión la necesidad de que la futura ley cubra ciertas carencias que las propuestas anteriores excluían como son el reconocimiento del derecho de acceso a la información como un derecho fundamental y la necesidad de designar un órgano independiente de revisión que garantice

Primera reunión del nuevo ejecutivo con la sociedad civil sobre el futuro de la transparencia en España2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00
20 Jan 2012

Spain’s Navarra Region Presents Progressive Open Government Law

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Madrid, 20 January 2012 – Access Info Europe has welcomed today’s publication of the Navarra region’s draft law on Transparency and Open Government, qualifying it as a “highly progressive law” which sets new standards for Spain and internationally. The draft law was developed in consultation with the public and input from expert groups such as Access Info Europe and is now subject to a further public consultation until 7 February 2012. It contains three main sections: proactive publication, the right to request information, and public participation. “This is a strong law in line with the best access to information laws

Spain’s Navarra Region Presents Progressive Open Government Law2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00
22 Dec 2011

New Spanish crowd-funding platform presents first cheque to Access Info

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

Madrid, 20 December 2011: The new crowd-funding platform Goteo on Tuesday presented the first cheque for a successful project to Access Info, which received for €5,150 for a project to build an information request platform in Spain, in anticipation of the new access to information law expected to be adopted in the first half of 2012. The Goteo platform, whose name makes a reference to the “drop by drop” nature of crowd funding, was launched in November. In just 30 days Access Info received the minimum funding it needs for project, €4,100. At time of writing the total donated was

New Spanish crowd-funding platform presents first cheque to Access Info2018-11-13T10:13:24+01:00
20 Dec 2011

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
18 Dec 2011

Rendition preview

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  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
14 Dec 2011

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 evidence2023-07-27T15:51:47+02:00
9 Dec 2011

European Parliament adopts proposals to improve EU transparency rules

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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
2 Dec 2011

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
29 Nov 2011

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
25 Nov 2011

OGP Transparency Policy

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

Open Government Partnership Transparency Policy Needs Significant Improvement Madrid/Halifax, 25 November 2011 – The Open Government Partnership , a global transparency initiative jointly sponsored by US President Obama and Brazilian President Rousseff, must significantly improve its internal access to information policy to meet the standards it is advancing according to an analysis launched today by two specialist organisations, Access Info Europe and the Centre for Law and Democracy. Two months after its launch in September 2011 when 46 countries pledged to work towards greater openness, the OGP is struggling with its own transparency rules according to the expert analysis submitted

OGP Transparency Policy2018-11-13T10:13:26+01:00