Book contents
- Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice
- Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Alphabetical List of Entries
- Thematic List of Entries
- List of Authors
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Transitional Justice Institutions and Organizations by Country
- Timeline of Transitional Justice Institutions and Organizations
- Entries on Transitional Justice Methods, Processes, and Practices
- Entries on Transitional Justice Debates, Controversies, and Key Questions
- Entries on Transitional Justice Concepts and Terms
- Country Studies
- Entries on Transitional Justice Institutions and Organizations
- References
Entries on Transitional Justice Methods, Processes, and Practices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2023
- Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice
- Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Alphabetical List of Entries
- Thematic List of Entries
- List of Authors
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Transitional Justice Institutions and Organizations by Country
- Timeline of Transitional Justice Institutions and Organizations
- Entries on Transitional Justice Methods, Processes, and Practices
- Entries on Transitional Justice Debates, Controversies, and Key Questions
- Entries on Transitional Justice Concepts and Terms
- Country Studies
- Entries on Transitional Justice Institutions and Organizations
- References
Summary
As a transitional justice method, access to secret files entails opening the files and documents compiled by the secret political police of past authoritarian regimes to the general public, such that citizens can access the information contained in their own files and possibly in other people’s. To qualify as a transitional justice method, access must be granted to ordinary citizens, not just historians, journalists, or academics. The files must have been compiled by the secret intelligence services and regarded as secret from the moment of their creation. They are not files created by ruling political parties or government branches that were subsequently declared secret, and were destined to be seen by a handful of top-ranking officials.
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- Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice , pp. 1 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023