Archives and human rights

by Boel, Jens Canavaggio, Perrine González Quintana, Antonio

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"Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationship between archives and human rights and discusses the emergence, at the international level, of the principles of the right to truth, justice and reparation. This book is both a tool and an inspiration to use archives in defence of human rights"--

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Full title :Archives and human rights / edited by Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana.

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Publication Date:©2021

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Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

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Description:xxi, 330 pages ; : 25 cm.

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ISBN:9780367150341, 0367150344
oclc:on1198218978
LC Classification:CD971
Dewey Decimal:027

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 -- Part 2: Case Studies -- 1. Proof / Trudy Huskamp Peterson -- Africa 2. A Long Walk to Justice: Archives and the Truth and Reconciliation Process in South Africa / Graham Dominy -- 3. Tunisia's Truth and Dignity Commission: Archives in the Pursuit of Truth / Adel Maïzi -- 4. The Exploitation of the Archives of Hissène Habré's Political Police by the Extraordinary African Chambers / Henri Thulliez -- 5. The Gacaca Archive. Preserving the Memory of Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda / Peter Horsman -- Asia 6. Memory Politics and Archives in Sino-Japanese Relations / Karl Gustafsson -- 7. The Use of …

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