adopt a recommendation to member States of the Council
of Europe in order to advance access to historical documents specifically.
The recommendation should focus on:
1.1.1 the general principles
that underpin access to information and how they affect historical documents
in law and practice;
1.1.2 the conditions of access to historical documents by historians,
researchers, academics, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and
the public at large;
1.1.3 procedures for requesting access to historical documents
and their overall accessibility in practice;
1.1.4 oversight and review mechanisms, and the remedies available
in the event of non-disclosure of historical documents by State
authorities;
1.1.5 the need to support remembrance projects and initiatives;
1.1.6 the need for greater international collaboration in sharing
historical information;
