Fundamental right of access to information strengthened by ECHR ruling Madrid, 27 June 2013 – Access Info Europe welcomes the recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights which further strengthens the right of access to information held by public bodies. A summary of the ruling The ECHR ruled on the case between ‘Youth Initiative for Human Rights vs.

Access Info joins OSCE in calling for withdrawal of amendments   Madrid, 4 June 2013 – Access Info Europe today raised concerns that proposed amendments to the Law on Freedom of Access to Information of Bosnia and Herzegovina would exclude large volumes of information from the right of access to information. In separating the freedom of information law from the

Unsatisfactory (73%) versus satisfactory (27%) responses to requests • Italian public institutions do not answer, refuse or gave inadequate answers to 73% of requests from citizens and the media; • Only 27% of 300 rquests resulted in release of information, of which just 13% received full information. Perugia, 25 April 2013 – Italians are asking questions but the Italian government

Morgane Dussud, Madrid, 15 February 2013 – Access Info Europe calls upon the French government to make clear its position on participation in the Open Government Partnership and to take steps to join the multilateral, multi-stakeholder initiative. As part of work around the Open Government Standards project, Access Info has been evaluating the current confused relationship between non-member France and

Milan, 17 January 2013 – The Legal Leaks Toolkit was launched today in Milan at a meeting of journalists and civil society organisations. The Italian version of the toolkit was prepared by Diritto di Sapere with input from Ernesto Belisario, lawyer and founder of the Italian Open Government Association, and Luca Bolognini, lawyer and president of the Italian Institute for