Source: : Blic
Hague Tribunal shall in due time stop its work. It is already a current question how shall in the future information be available from its archives, and where and how these archives are going to be kept? Contents of the archive have huge importance for international community, but for sure the most importance it holds for people, nations and states from ex-SFRY area. For our country and our citizens possibility to have free access to information contained in the archives is also very important. We should try to secure the widest possible preconditions for entitlement to that right. Within that, at least at first sight, it is not illogical and is already attractive, (in)formally launched idea from our side that Belgrade should become a seat of the Archives.But, thinking about reality of this idea must not and can not circumvent the fact that we still don't have a law on opening the secret services' files of the previous regime, the law on secrets' classification, or the law on personal data protection. And for sure, in light of those unpleasant but relevant facts (in)consistency of our aspirations shall be evaluated. Then, we shall at least wish to pass the new laws in 2008 and not to be the last transitioning country without them.
The author is Commissioner for Information, Rodoljub Sabic
