affiliation of individuals, surveillance reports on the population, interrogation transcripts, habeas corpus applications, telegrams, bulletins and flyers.” 64 Prior to its appearance, the authorities had denied the existence of the Historical Archive of the National Police.65 65. The information contained in the Historical Archive of the National Police confirms and complements the information recorded in the Diario Militar.66 As the expert witness Katherine Doyle indicated during the public hearing, “to date, 253 documents directly related to the crimes recorded in the Diario Militar have been found in the Historical Archive of the National Police.”67 B.3) Access to other official documents 66. In September 2008, the Law on Access to Public Information was enacted, and came into force in April 2009. Article 24 of the law establishes that “[i]n no case may information concerning investigations of violations of fundamental human rights or crimes against humanity be classified as confidential or secret.”68 67. In addition, on March 5, 2009, by Government Decision 64-2009, the Presidency of the Republic created the Commission for Declassification of the Military Archives (hereinafter “the Declassification Commission”) “in order to systematize the documentation on military matters relating to national security over the period from 1954 to 1996.”69 In this regard, Marco Tulio Álvarez Bobadilla, a member of the Declassification Commission, testified that they had been informed that the file of the Army Medical Center did not exist and that the file of the Presidential Staff was closed, even though “it had already been photographed by human rights organizations.”70 68. On June 20, 2011, the Military Archives Declassification Center was inaugurated and 12,287 files found by the Declassification Commission can be consulted there. It was 64 Cf. Expert opinion provided by Katherine Doyle before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing in this case. 65 Cf. Testimony given by witness Marco Tulio Álvarez Bobadilla, supra, folio 13638, and Affidavit made by expert witness Alejandro Valencia Villa, supra, folios 13291 and 13292. See also Extracts from correspondence between the CEH and the institutions of the Republic of Guatemala, Letter of March 24, 1998, CT/C/079-98/lg, addressed to the President of the Republic, CEH, supra, volume VIII, annex III, p. 165. 66 Cf. Peace Secretariat, supra, pp. 11-12 and 311. 67 Cf. Expert opinion provided by Katharine Doyle before the Inter-American Court at the public hearing in this case. 68 Cf. Decree No. 57-2008 of September 23, 2008. Published in the Official Gazette of October 23, 2008, No. 45, volume CCLXXXV, art. 24 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome IV, annex A28, folio 10319). 69 Government decision No. 2-2010 of January 5, 2010. Published in the Official Gazette of January 8, 2010, No. 51, volume CCLXXXVIII (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome IV, annex A25, folio 10308). The deadline for the delivery of the results of the activities was extended twice for six months. Cf. Government decision No. 2-2010 of January 5, 2010. Published in the Official Gazette of January 8, 2010, No. 51, volume CCLXXXVIII (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome IV, annex A25, folio 10308), and Government decision No. 203-2010 of July 8, 2010. Published in the Official Gazette of July 9, 2010 No. 78, volume CCLXXXIX (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome IV, annex A26, folio 10311). 70 Testimony given by witness Marco Tulio Álvarez Bobadilla, supra, folio 13623. This witness also indicated that, during 2003 and 2004, when he worked for the PDH and took any measures, he personally “observed documents from the Archive of the disbanded Presidential Staff” corresponding to the period of the internal armed conflicto, and also, during his work on the Declassification Commission, he “saw documents of that period that are kept by the Army’s General Administration Service, which is the entity responsible for administering the archives of that institution.” Cf. Testimony given by witness Marco Tulio Álvarez Bobadilla, supra, folio 13621. - 25 -