Access Info Europe
| ECOSOC Status: | None |
| Type: | NGO working on Crime |
| Address: | C/Príncipe de Anglona 5, 2c, 28005 MADRID |
| Country: | Spain |
| Region: | Europe |
| Website: | http://www.access-info.org |
| UN Languages: | Spanish, French, English |
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Other:'Human rights, rule of law, governance' |
| Short description: |
Access Info Europe is a human rights organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the right of access to information in Europe as a tool for defending civil liberties and human rights, for facilitating public participation in decision-making and for holding governments accountable. Access Info was created in June 2006 to meet a need in Europe for an organisation dedicated to promoting the right of access to information. We work to defend access to information as a fundamental human right in and of itself, and as an instrumental right which is essential for participation in government decision-making, for holding governments accountable, and for defence of other human rights. Access Info’s campaigning work since 2006 has included the campaign for a stronger Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents and work on national access to information laws as well as EU transparency. This has enabled us to build a broad network of civil society organisations across the whole of Europe. These CSOs recognise us as experts and have welcomed our readiness to cooperate on issue of common interest. We are similarly acknowledged as experts by inter-governmental bodies such as Council of Europe, OSCE, UNESCO, and some governments with which we have had contact. |
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