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UN Human Rights Committee Urged to Investigate Violations of Right to Information in Spain
Madrid, 17 October 2014 – The UN Human Rights Committee has been urged to look into violations of freedom of expression and the right to information in Spain in a letter sent by leading international media freedom organisations. This is the first time that freedom of expression organisations have raised the case of Spain before the UN Human Rights Committee.
Entendiendo la ley de transparencia I: ¿Cuándo entra en vigor la Ley de Transparencia y para qué instituciones?
Post originalmente publicado en El Blog de Tuderechoasaber.es Madrid, 14 de octubre de 2014 – En Tuderechoasaber.es empezamos una serie de posts en los que vamos a intentar explicar en qué consiste la Ley de Transparencia para que estemos todos preparados para usarla a partir de su entrada en vigor el 10 de diciembre de 2014. ¿Cuándo entra en vigor
EU Ombudsman urged to review European Commission’s insistence on postal addresses to register requests for documents
Madrid, 13 October 2014 – Access Info Europe is challenging the European Commission’s policy of demanding postal addresses as a precondition for registering requests for access to EU documents as part of a complaint being considered by the European Ombudsman. Access Info Europe argues that Commission’s policy, adopted on 1 April 2014, of refusing to register requests without postal address
Previously Secret TTIP Negotiating Directives Published
Madrid, 9 October 2014 - Access Info Europe today welcomed the publication by the Council of the European Union of the negotiating directives for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), following a long battle by civil society and MEPs to obtain this key document, and the opening of an investigation by the European Ombudsman. Access Info noted that rather
Timmermans Hearing – Better Regulation Requires a Mandatory Lobby Register
Madrid, 7 October 2014 - As MEPs prepare to interview vice-president-designate Frans Timmermans, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), of which Access Info is a steering committee member, is calling on Mr Timmermans to make the introduction of a mandatory lobby register his priority. Timmermans has been handed the portfolio of 'better regulation' and will also act
Report on Transparency of Media Ownership
Madrid, 3 October 2014 - Citizens are unable to establish who owns or controls the media operating in their country because of none or limited media specific or general disclosure provisions, accroding to one of the key findings of a report on The Transparency of Media Ownership in the European Union and Neighbouring States. The report is based on a
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