The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot announced at the beginning of December the opening of these archives “with 15 years in advance” on the date initially planned.
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France opened Thursday, December 23 its archives relating to judicial affairs and police investigations during the Algerian war, under a text published in the Official Journal. The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot announced Friday, December 10 the opening “with 15 years in advance” from these archives. The decree of the Ministry of Culture makes all “the public archives produced in the context of cases relating to acts committed in connection with the Algerian war between November 1, 1954 and December 31, 1966”.
This concerns “documents relating to cases brought before the courts and the execution of court decisions” and “documents relating to investigations carried out by the judicial police services”. These archives are “kept in the National Archives, the Overseas National Archives, in the departmental archives services, in the archives service of the police prefecture, in the archives services under the Ministry of the Armed Forces and in the Directorate of archives of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs “, specifies the decree. All these archives were non-consultable by right for 75 years, except by obtaining a dispensation.