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An overview of the Brazilian truth commissions and the contributions of archives to investigations into human rights violations during the military dictatorship In this presentation, Mônica Tenaglia aims to provide a contextual overview of transitional justice measures in Brazil, with an emphasis on the National Truth Commission (CNV) and the local truth commissions that were established following the creation of the CNV. The focus of the lecture is to present an overview of the...

Trudy Peterson, Elisabeth Baumgartner and Lisa Ott will present an overview of the issue and explore future perspectives. During the past 30 years, six temporary international criminal tribunals were established and these, except the Kosovo court, have or are closing. All have created massive bodies of records which are important to future understandings of the conflicts and to the history of the development of international justice. Meanwhile, new institutions tasked to collect information,...

Since its creation in 1950, UNHCR has helped millions of refugees and internally displaced persons find safety and durable solutions. Solutions mean being able to return to their country of origin in safety and dignity, or, if return is not an option, to start a new life in a new country. In this context, information is vital, and the role of the Records and Archives Section covers two key aspects: supporting the work of the organization by providing information where and when it is needed,...

After Carla Hayden, a trailblazing librarian of Congress, was fired by President Trump last month, only 14 Americans have ever held the position. I traveled to Baltimore to speak with her about being blindsided by the decision, the administration's ongoing efforts to reshape key institutions and why she intends to keep speaking out.

At least 176 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023. The danger feels omnipresent for Maha Hussaini, a journalist and human rights advocate. In this conversation, Maha takes us inside the day-to-day reality of working and surviving amidst unimaginable violence, destruction, and deprivation. She describes how journalists in the Gaza Strip live with the constant fear that they could be killed at any moment, yet remain...

Cambodia held a powerful memorial on Tuesday to mark 50 years since the Khmer Rouge began a brutal regime that left around 1.7 million people dead.

The top IRS official is resigning after a deal between the agency and immigration authorities to share sensitive data. For decades, the IRS encouraged undocumented immigrants to file taxes with the assurance that their data would be protected. But the new agreement would give authorities who want to deport migrants access to personal records.

It’s a small federal agency few have heard of, but it has a large impact around the country. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries and the Trump administration has placed roughly 80 percent of IMLS staff on administrative leave.

The bankruptcy of 23andMe is raising concerns about the future of its DNA information. Once a pioneer in the genetic testing industry, the company faced backlash after hackers leaked user data in 2023. Now, millions could see their genetic data dealt in a potential sale.

The Trump administration’s efforts to strip diversity, equity and inclusion prompted the Defense Department to remove thousands of pages and images honoring the contributions of women and people of color. The Pentagon is restoring some of those web pages, saying the removal was a mistake.

Since the start of the new Trump administration, hundreds of federal data sets and government websites have gone offline without warning, sometimes returning with major changes and sometimes not returning at all. On February 13th, MuckRock hosted an event with organizations that are helping lead the efforts to preserve the public’s data.

The Burkinabe government is leading an initiative to restore the memory of Thomas Sankara, who was the leader of the country from 1983 before being assassinated in 1987. Fellow revolutionaries in possession of materials associated with Sankara have been handing them over for national preservation.

The Residual Special Court Archive for Sierra Leone - Preserving the Memories of a Civil War: From the Archivists’ Perspective by Aminata Kpewa-Allen, Heather Faulkner and Andreas Nef.  Summary The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was the first hybrid tribunal created through a joint agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone to try those who bore the greatest responsibility for a civil war which devastated the country from 1991-2002. Following the...

The archives of victims of political repression of the soviet regime: Memorial International, by Elena Zhemkova, Executive Director of Memorial International from 1995 until 2022. Introduction and moderation by Jose Maria Faraldo Jarillo, profesor of the University of Madrid (Universidad Complutense). With the collaboration of the European Observatory on Memories-EUROM. Summary Elena Zhemkova will talk about the main questions related to Memorial records and archives and their use for...

Song Pheaktra and Helen Jarvis: The use of the Khmer Rouge archives as judicial evidence by the People's Revolutionary Tribunal (1979) and the Extraordinary Chambers for the Courts of Cambodia (2007-2022) Song Pheaktra will introduce the various categories of documents left behind by the Khmer Rouge when they left the S-21 prison (including so-called confessions; biographies; photographs; guard notebooks and name lists of over 18,000 prisoners), which have now been digitised and made...

The U.S. Navy issued an apology for destroying an Alaska Native village nearly 150 years ago. The 1882 attack in Angoon killed six children and caused such dire food shortages that villagers starved themselves so children could eat.

In Namibia, descendants of people who fled German persecution in the early 1900s are returning to their ancestral homeland. The government of Namibia has set aside five commercial farms for the relocation of almost 100 ethnic Ovaherero people.

In Namibia, descendants of people who fled German persecution in the early 1900s are returning to their ancestral homeland. The government of Namibia has set aside five commercial farms for the relocation of almost 100 ethnic Ovaherero people.

“I think archiving memory, archiving our stories, archiving our current collective history in the making is immensely important to resist both erasure and theft of narrative as well as perversion of narrative all of which are happening at the same time” - susan abulhawa

In its early days, "Black Twitter'' became a driving force in defining pop culture, creating trending hashtags, unforgettable memes and sparking social justice movements.