On Thursday, September 11, the Principality marked an important milestone in the preservation of its judicial heritage. Samuel Vuelta-Simon, Secretary of State for Justice and Director of Judicial Services, and Michaël Bloche, Director of the National Archives, signed an agreement formalising the transfer of a significant portion of the Judicial Services Department’s historical archives to the National Archives.
The documents, dating up to 1949, include valuable registers of proceedings and clerks’ records dating back as far as 1815. Among them are justice of the peace rulings, correctional tribunal judgments, Superior Court documents, and clerical acts, alongside registers of deliberations and Council of State session files beginning in 1905.
This first official deposit by the Judicial Services Department crowns several years of collaboration between the two institutions, aimed at modernising archiving practices while ensuring the long-term preservation of records of patrimonial value.
The move follows a series of similar transfers from other Monegasque public institutions, including the National Council, the Monaco Scientific Centre, the Princess Grace Hospital Centre, and the RAMOGE Agreement. Together, these deposits reinforce the role of the National Archives as the guardian of Monaco’s institutional memory.
