The right of access to classified documentary collections in Archives of the General State Administration. Challenges and perspectives in view of the new legislatiion

  • Henar Alonso-Rodríguez Military General Archive of Ávila (Spanish Ministry of Defence)
Keywords: Official Secrets Act, Records, Right of access to public information, Information Security Standards, Records and Archives management

Abstract

In this paper we analyze, from the point of view of the records and archives managers, the impacts of the Official Secrets Act (1968) still in force and of the current Information Security Regulations on the Right of access to public information within the documents managed by the General State Administration Archives, as well as the progress made in this respect, derived both from the ministerial authorisations for access and frfom the recent Democratic Memory Act, and the views caused by the Draft Bill on Classified Information, still in parliamentary procedure.

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Published
2023-12-21
How to Cite
Alonso-Rodríguez H. (2023). The right of access to classified documentary collections in Archives of the General State Administration. Challenges and perspectives in view of the new legislatiion. Derecom. Derecho de la Comunicación y de Nuevas Tecnologías, 34, 53-74. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/DERE/article/view/90970
Issue
No. 34 (2023)
Section
Artículos de fondo

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