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Civil society

Civil rights NGO to hold online event on accessing information in the EU

Event on Friday 18 November, organised by London-based NGO Statewatch, is held as part of the Festival of Social Sciences at the University of Bristol.

Credit: Statewatch.
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Jurisprudence

Council faces new wave of judicial scrutiny of its access to documents policy

Three recent cases mark an end to the lull in access litigation against the Council of recent years.

Credit: Corporate Europe Observatory.
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Civil society

Frontex, secrecy and security: control of information as strategy for institutional preservation

Frontex, a large and growing EU agency at the epicentre of the securitisation paradigm, has in recent months become embroiled in a deepening controversy over its alleged lack of transparency and accountability. The current path chosen by Frontex will eventually lead to an institutional crisis, Frontex experts Jane Kilpatrick and Mariana Gkliati argue.

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Oversight

European Ombudsman to hold conference on the future of access to EU documents

High-level and expert panels to explore the impact of new technologies on the functioning and expectations of the transparency concept.