09/02/2021
Government Response to Complaint Filed 27.11.2020 at the High Court of Justice of Madrid
Appears in case: Complaint Against the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Through an ‘Ordinary Administrative Procedure’
Jurisdiction
Spain
Locale
Armed Conflict in Yemen
Recipient State
Saudi Arabia
Document Type
Government Submissions
In response to the claimant’s lawsuit, the government argues that the right to access information is separate from the right to freedom of expression, and is itself not a fundamental right but an ordinary right regulated by domestic law (Law 19/2013). It argues that this right is not absolute and can be subject to permissible limitation that it considers are established in this case.
