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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
Constitutional Provisions for Access to Information
What is a constitution? A constitution is the basic law of a given country. It lays out the formal structure of the state, defining the central governments powers and institutions. Moreover, it specifies the relationship between the central government and other levels. Additionally, the constitution establishes the rights of citizens and thereby creates limits on the government. How many of
Update on the revision of Regulation 1049/2001
Brussels, 11 July 2013 - The European Parliament has succeeded in getting the EU's access to documents Regulation 1049/2001 back on the agenda of the Council's working party on information, following a public debate and Motion for a Resolution which calls on the European Commission and the Member States to come back to the negotiating table. The EU's transparency negotiations
Access to Information Laws in Europe
In this section you can find the English language texts of access to information laws from across Europe. For each country, we also provide you with a link to the country-pages of the RTI Rating website, where you can find detailed analyses of all the world’s access to information laws, against 61 indicators developed by an international panel of access
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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