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EU: DATA SURVEILLANCE BY SECURITY & INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

22 November 2013

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"In its judgment of 25 June 2013 in the case of Youth Initiative for Human Rights v. Serbia the European Court of Human Rights has recognised more explicitly than ever before the right of access to documents held by public authorities, based on Article 10 of the Convention (right to freedom of expression and information). The judgment also recognises the importance of NGOs acting in the public interest. The judgment contains a particularly important statement by the Court unambiguously reaffirming that in Europe security services and intelligence agencies are to respect the European Convention of Human Rights. The Court ordered the information held by the Serbian Intelligence Agency to be made accessible for the applicant NGO."

See the full text: Article 10 of the Convention includes the right of access to data held by an intelligence agency (Media report, link)

And see: Judgment: Full-text (pdf)

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