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

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429054624, 0429054629, 9780429622298, 0429622295, 9780429617997, 0429617992, 0429620144, 9780429620140
DOI:10.4324/9780429054624
oclc:on1224044165
LC Classification:CD971
Dewey Decimal:027

ForewordMichele BacheletMessage from the President of the International Council on ArchivesDavid FrickerIntroductionJens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González QuintanaPart 1: Archives and Human Rights: A Close RelationshipJens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana1. Archives and Citizen Rights2. Records and Archives Documenting Gross Human Rights Violations3. Archives and Transitional Justice4. Archives and the Duty to Remember5. Archivists for Human Rights6. Archives and Human Rights Beyond Political TransitionsReferencesPart 2: Case Studies7. ProofTrudy Huskamp PetersonAfrica8. A Long Walk to Justice: Archives and the Truth and Reconciliation Process in South AfricaGraham Dominy9. Tunisia's Truth and Dignity Commission: Archives in the Pursuit of TruthAdel Maïzi10. The Exploitation of the Archives of Hissène Habré's Political Police by the Extraordinary African ChambersHenri Thulliez11. The Gacaca Archive. Preserving the Memory of Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in RwandaPeter HorsmanAsia12. Memory Politics and Archives in Sino-Japanese RelationsKarl Gustafsson13. The Use of the Archives of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Documentation Ce…

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Archives -- Aspect politique Archives -- Political aspects Droits de l'homme (Droit international) HISTORY -- Central. -- Africa HISTORY -- Europe HISTORY ; General Human rights Justice transitionnelle Transitional justice