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30/09/2021

Final Judgement by the High Court of Justice of Madrid (Ordinary)

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

Judgements

The High Court of Madrid upholds the classified nature of the requested information under domestic law, concluding that there has not been a violation of the contested rights and dismisses the case.

In particular, the High Court of Madrid upholds the classified nature of the requested information on the basis of the Official Secrets Act and Law 19/2013 on Transparency. It concludes that there has not been a violation of the fundamental right to freedom of expression, or the limitable right to access information enshrined in domestic law, and dismisses the case.