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Refusal to give access to ‘confidential’ information about politicians violated NGO’s Article 10 rights

April 27, 2020

By Ronan Ó Fathaigh and Dirk Voorhoof On 26 March 2020, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously found that a refusal by the Ukrainian authorities to give a non-governmental organisation (NGO) access to information about the education and work history of top politicians as contained in their official CVs, filed as candidates for Parliament, […]

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Magyar Helsinki Bizottság v Hungary: a (limited) right of access to information under article 10 ECHR

November 30, 2016

Guest post by M. Schaap-Rubio Imbers, PhD Candidate international public law, Erasmus School of Law   On the 8th of November 2016, the ECtHR’s Grand Chamber delivered its judgment in Magyar Helsinki Bizottság v Hungary. The applicant NGO (Magyar Helsinki Bizottság) complained that the refusal of police departments to disclose information on the appointment of […]