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Argentina's National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons: Contributions to Transitional Justice

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: 1 This article examines the contributions to transitional justice made by the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP) in Argentina; a commission established in December 1983 by then constitutional president, Raúl Alfonsín, to investigate the fate of the disappeared. In particular, the article analyzes how CONADEP's inquiry simultaneously served the functions of creating a new public truth about the crimes – which were based on secrecy, the destruction of evidence and concealment by the state – and of collecting essential legal evidence necessary for the prosecution of perpetrators. Finally, it explains the success of the inquiry, which was a result of the combined efforts of Alfonsín's democratic administration and the Argentinian human rights movement.

Source: International Journal of Transitional Justice

DOI: 10.1093/ijtj/ijn007

Author: E. Crenzel

Institutions: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Language: English

Topic: War, Law, and Justice

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2086884101

FWCI: 6.879

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