Human Rights, Human Wrongs, and Archives / Derechos humanos, injusticias humanas y archivos

The focus on wrongs —evil, crimes against humanity, disappearances, genocide— and the archival records of wrongs is fundamentally important and we must not lose sight of that. But by looking at the phrase “archives and human rights” in only those terms, we miss the hugely important sets of records that are not related to State crimes, not in the hands of the state, and are vital to protect—not only to contest the loss of—human rights.