The Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents
The Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents was created based on Law no. 45/2015 "On the right to information on the files of the Former State Security of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania" (Amended). This law aims to define the rules and procedures to enable the exercise of the right by any interested person, in information on the documents of the Former State Security, through a democratic and transparent process, protection of the personality of the individual, as well as the unity of national reconciliation. The Authority was created in the framework of the European and Albanian resolutions on the necessity of punishing the crimes of communism, following the democratic values and basic human rights. The institution has received extended support from international partners since the first steps.
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