Archives and human rights. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio, Antonio González Quintana.
• Authors: Boel, Jens
• Editors: Boel, Jens; Canavaggio, Perrine, 1947-; González Quintana, Antonio
• Contents: Foreword Michele Bachelet Message from the President of the International Council on Archives David Fricker Introduction Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana Part 1: Archives and Human Rights: A Close Relationship Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana 1. Archives and Citizen Rights 2. Records and Archives Documenting Gross Human Rights Violations 3. Archives and Transitional Justice 4. Archives and the Duty to Remember 5. Archivists for Human Rights 6. Archives and Human Rights Beyond Political Transitions References Part 2: Case Studies 7. Proof Trudy Huskamp Peterson Africa 8. A Long Walk to Justice: Archives and the Truth and Reconciliation Process in South Africa Graham Dominy 9. Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission: Archives in the Pursuit of Truth Adel Maïzi 10. The Exploitation of the Archives of Hissène Habré's Political Police by the Extraordinary African Chambers Henri Thulliez 11. The Gacaca Archive. Preserving the Memory of Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda Peter Horsman Asia 12. Memory Politics and Archives in Sino-Japanese Relations Karl Gustafsson 13. The Use of the Archives of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Documentation Centre of Cambodia by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Vincent de Wilde d’Estmael Europe 14. Spanish Military Documentation on the Civil War and the Dictatorship as an Instrument of Legal Reparations for the Victims of the Franco Regime Henar Alonso Rodríguez 15. The ‘Centres of Remembrance’ in Post-Communist Europe José M. Faraldo 16. A Legacy of the DDR: The Stasi Records Archive Dagmar Hovestädt 17. France and the Archives of the Algerian War Gilles Manceron and Gilles Morin 18. Truth, Memory and Reconciliation in Post-Communist Societies: The Romanian Experience and the Securitate Archives Marius Stan and Vladimir Tismaneanu Latin America 19. Archives for Memory and Justice in Colombia after the Peace Agreements Ramón Alberch i Fugueras 20. Utilisation of the Archives of the Peruvian Commission for Truth and Reconciliation Ruth Elena Borja Santa Cruz 21. Archive, Truth and the Democratic Transition Process in Brazil Aluf Alba Vilar Elias 22. Archives for Truth and Justice in Argentina: the Search for the Missing Persons Mariana Nazar 23. Chronicle of a Backlash Foretold. Guatemala’s National Police Archives, Lost and Found and Lost – and Found? – Again Kirsten Weld Concluding Remarks Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 027; Archives -- Political aspects; Human rights; Transitional justice
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429620140; 9780429622298; 9780429054624
• Related ISBNs: 9780367150341
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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