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A Study on a Plan to Make Public of the Closed Minutes and the Non-published Minutes at the National Assembly of R.O.K

  • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
  • 2013, (35), pp.93-132
  • Publisher : Korean Society Of Archival Studies
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

Kim Janghwan 1

1국회도서관

Accredited

ABSTRACT

It is principle that the National Assembly Minutes are open to the general public based on the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. However, it will not be released to the public when the minutes are produced at a meeting held privately -the closed minutes- and the parts of the minutes are not published because of ‘the demands on keeping confidential of the Chairman of the National Assembly or needs for the National Security’ based on the National Assembly Act article 118 clause 1. These two minutes infringe the democratic rights, the public’s rights to know seriously by reason that there are no procedures to disclose to the public. Especially the non-published parts of the minutes are highly likely in breach of the constitution. This paper will deal with the regulations and guidelines related to the disclosure of the closed minutes focusing on the United States and the United Kingdom where developing countries on the parliamentary democracy. Then, it is suggested placing an emphasis on the legal aspects that the plans to make public of the closed minutes and non published parts of the minutes based on the reviewed results of the committee of the National Assembly Archives and the initiative proposed by the member of the National Assembly, Jung Chang-rae in the last 2004.

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