Stasi Records Law

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The Stasi Records Law is a German legal framework that grants access to and regulates the handling of the former East German secret police (Stasi) files for purposes such as historical research, victim rehabilitation, and public transparency.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Stasi Records Act 2
Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz 2
Stasi Records Law canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German federal law ⓘ
transitional justice law ⓘ
aimsTo enable clarification of past injustices ⓘ
prevent misuse of Stasi records ⓘ
support democratic culture in unified Germany ⓘ
appliesTo former GDR citizens ⓘ
media representatives ⓘ
persons surveilled by the Stasi ⓘ
public authorities ⓘ
records of the Ministry for State Security of the former GDR ⓘ
researchers ⓘ
basedOn principle of access to information ⓘ
protection of victims of political persecution ⓘ
concerns files of the Ministry for State Security ⓘ
files of the Office of National Security (AfNS) in the GDR ⓘ
contextOf German reunification ⓘ
transitional justice in post-communist Europe ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
defines archival and preservation obligations for Stasi records ⓘ
conditions for third-party access to Stasi files ⓘ
rights of individuals to access their Stasi files ⓘ
rules for use of Stasi records in public service vetting ⓘ
enactedBy Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany

German Bundestag ⓘ
linked to: Bundestag
establishes legal framework for the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records ⓘ
hasPurpose coming to terms with the GDR dictatorship ⓘ
historical research ⓘ
protection of personal data ⓘ
public transparency ⓘ
victim rehabilitation ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
legalArea archival law ⓘ
data protection law ⓘ
rehabilitation law ⓘ
protects personal rights of individuals named in Stasi files ⓘ
sensitive personal data in Stasi records ⓘ
regulates access to Stasi records ⓘ
handling of Stasi files ⓘ
use of Stasi records for public information ⓘ
use of Stasi records for research ⓘ
use of Stasi records for victim rehabilitation ⓘ
shortName StUG ⓘ
Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law
subjectOf debates on privacy versus transparency in Germany ⓘ
usedFor academic research on the GDR and the Stasi ⓘ
journalistic investigations into GDR state security ⓘ
lustration and screening of public officials in Germany ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East German Stasi → legacy → Stasi Records Law ⓘ
Stasi Records Law → shortName → Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law
Stasi Records Agency → legalBasis → Stasi Records Act ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law
Stasi Records Agency → legalBasis → Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law
Stasi Records Agency → accessRegulatedBy → Stasi Records Act ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law