Legal Leaks Help Desk Launched |
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| Monday, 27 September 2010 |
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Berlin/Madrid, 28 September 2010 – A new service to provide journalists from across Europe with support and legal advice when filing access to information requests has been launched today by Access Info Europe and n-ost. The Legal Leaks Help Desk starts operation on International Right to Know Day. It is open to all journalists who need help using access to information laws in any of the 56 countries of the OSCE region. The Legal Leaks Help Desk provides the following services to journalists: » advice on how to file an access to information request; » advice on what to do with refusals and administrative silence; » general advice on how to file administrative and court appeals; » contact information of legal experts in your country who can give further advice; » assistance filing appeals with the European Union confirmatory applications. The Legal Leaks Help Desk is based in Access Info Europe’s offices in Madrid, where a team of experts on access to information law is available to provide advice. The Help Desk is part of the wider Legal Leaks project being run by Access Info and n-ost which will span several years and integrate training, legal support, and advocacy. Journalists will be supported in filing requests in different countries and over time the Legal Leaks project will develop a pan-European resource network for use by both local and investigative journalists. Help Desk Contact Information: Telephone: + 34 91 366 5344 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The full Legal Leaks Toolkit along with the latest case studies on how journalists are using access to information laws in their countries and other countries can be downloaded from www.legalleaks.info. |
Legal Leaks Project
| Access Info Europe and n-ost are working to empower journalists to recoup their role as public watchdogs through exercise of their right of access to information in both their own country and other countries. |
