Application of extrajudicial proceedings to dispute settlement in the sphere of state secret protection

The article focuses on practice and procedure of settling one of the types of disputes connected with state secret: the dispute relating to the restriction of right to leave the Russian Federation for citizens having access to information which constitutes a part of state secret in a quasi-judicial agency, i.e. the Interdepartmental Commission handling the Russian citizens’ requests as a result of limitation of their rights to leave the Russian Federation. The legislation governing the Interdepartmental Commission authority and establishment procedure is analyzed. The author puts forward a number of proposals concerning the improvement of extrajudicial proceedings of dispute settlement in the sphere of state secret protection.

public administration, dispute in the sphere of state secret protection, administrative appeal, out of court procedure, quasi-judicial agency, interdepartmental commission, state secret, confidentiality