The Right to know the truth in the light of the right to privacy: the case of victims of the Communist regime in Europe

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Title:
The Right to know the truth in the light of the right to privacy: the case of victims of the Communist regime in Europe
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In the Journal:
Baltic journal of European studies. 2017, vol. 7, iss. 2, p. 284-310. [BJES]
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Socialinės teisės / Social rights; Tarptautinė teisė / International law; Teismai. Teismų praktika / Courts. Case-law.
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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Auka; Pokomunistinės šalys; Prieiga prie bylų; Privatus gyvenimas; Teisė žinoti tiesą; Access to the files; Post-Communist countries; Private life; Right to know the truth; Victim.

ENThe right to know the truth is established as one of the rights constituting the right to effective remedy but in post-Communist countries this right is limited to victims of the Communist regime because of failure to access the files of former secret services on two different grounds: certain victim’s information is protected as personal data on the grounds of privacy rights and certain files are still kept as a classified information. Thus, the article analyses if such limitations in post- Communist countries are compatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The answer is provided using mainly an analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Lithuania as a case study was chosen for the analysis in a situation where certain files are kept as classified information. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.1515/bjes-2017-0019
ISSN:
2228-0596
Subject:
Teisė / Law
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2022-02-21 12:29:51
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