From the Spanish Constitution to the Civil Registry Law, an experience for Cuba in restricted publicity

Abstract

Publicity of the Civil Registry is not absolute. In a general sense, respect for the honor and privacy of people represents its main limit based on the recognition that both the Spanish and Cuban Constitution make of these rights. In this context, it is, therefore, notorious that Law No.51 (1985), of July 15th, on the Civil Status Registry in Cuba, does not have a protected data system that orderly serves as a limit to its publicity. Therefore, assessing this situation is the objective of the study, the one that takes as a reference the organization of the restricted publicity content presented by the Spanish registry system, based on the similarities observed between the registry institutions of both countries and, especially, by the organization that reaches this matter in Law 20/2011, of July 21st of the Civil Registry of Spain.