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UN anti corruption conference makes progress on beneficial ownership transparency and access to information
Madrid, 13 December 2013 – Access Info Europe has welcomed the progress made on beneficial ownership transparency and access to information mechanisms during the recent conference of governments which are signatories to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), held on 25-29 November in Panama. Access Info Europe has been engaged in advocacy for stronger transparency mechanisms under the UNCAC as
Standards: Lobbying Transparency via Right to Information Laws
Standards: Lobbying Transparency via Right to Information Laws Madrid, 12 December 2013 – Access Info Europe today published a set of recommendations on the information which governments should make available to ensure that there is full transparency around lobbying. “It is not sufficient to place the burden on lobbyists to publish information: public bodies have an obligation to be transparent
Access Info Europe calls for the creation and publication of registers of beneficial owners.
Madrid, 4 December 2013 - Access Info Europe together with Inspiraction and Intermon Oxfam has called upon Spanish MEPs to support the creation of a public register of beneficial owners of any kind of corporate structure, trusts, and businesses. This letter was has been sent in the context of an international campaign led by the Financial Transparency Coalition, and with
Ya tenemos ley de transparencia, ¿y ahora qué?
Madrid, 2 de diciembre 2013 – El Congreso de los Diputados el 28 de noviembre de 2013 aprobaba las últimas enmiendas a la ley de transparencia para España. Casi diez años después de que se hiciera la primera promesa electoral la sociedad española estrena una ley de transparencia que se coloca a España en la posición 72 de 96 países
In Context of Crisis and Corruption, a Transparency Law with No Heart
Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe explains why the new Transparency and Access to Information Law in Spain is particularly weak, and also maps out the political context in which the law was adopted, seeking to explain why the Spanish Government opted for an instrument which will not empower citizens to obtain the information they need for participation and
The Coalición Pro Acceso rejects the Spanish Transparency Law as it is not in line with international standards
Madrid, 28 November 2013 – The Spanish Parliament today adopted the Law on Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance, the first law of its kind in Spain. The Coalición Pro Acceso regrets that final text is insufficient, given its serious shortcomings and contradictions, making the law obsolete from the outset and far from meeting international standards.
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