Colombia: CIDH saluda el cumplimiento total del acuerdo de solución amistosa del Caso 12.756, Masacre Estadero El Aracatazzo - Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) (Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), 2023)
La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) comunica su decisión de declarar el cumplimiento total y el cese del seguimiento del Informe de Homologación No. 10/15, relativo al Caso 12.756, Masacre Estadero El Aracatazzo. El asunto se relaciona con la responsabilidad internacional del Estado colombiano por la muerte de 18 personas en el estadero "El Aracatazzo", municipio de Chigorodó, Antioquia, el 12 de agosto de 1995. La muerte se habría dado en manos de miembros de grupos paramilitares, con la aquiescencia de agentes de la fuerza pública que se encontraban en un retén del Batallón de Infantería No. 46 del Ejército Nacional. Los agentes policiales habrían omitido tomar medidas de protección frente a disparos y socorrer a la población civil. Así mismo, habrían fallado en realizar, de manera diligente, una investigación penal y disciplinaria de los involucrados, habiendo transcurrido más de 10 años sin que se sancionara a los presuntos responsables.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-07 July

L’OMS et le HCDH publient de nouvelles orientations pour améliorer les lois visant à lutter contre les atteintes aux droits humains dans les soins de santé mentale - Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS); Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme (HCDH) (Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme (HCDH), 2023)
À l’approche de la Journée mondiale de la santé mentale, l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé et le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme lancent une publication axée sur la santé mentale, les droits humains et la législation, proposant des orientations et décrivant les pratiques en la matière, pour aider les pays à réformer leur législation afin de mettre fin aux atteintes aux droits humains et à améliorer l’accès à des soins de santé mentale de qualité.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Convention C107 - Convention (n° 107) relative aux populations aborigènes et tribales, 1957 - Organisation Internationale du Travail (ilo.org, 1957)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Convention C169 - Convention (n° 169) relative aux peuples indigènes et tribaux, 1989 - Organisation Internationale du Travail (1989)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Promotion and Protection of Human Rights - Orentlicher, Diane (United Nations - Economic and Social Council, 2005)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights; References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

‎Bastionul cruzimii. O istorie a Securitatii (1948-1964) - Oprea, Marius (Polirom, 2016)
O prima monografie a Securitatii in primele ei doua decenii de existenta volumul sintetizeaza cercetarile intreprinse de istoricul Marius Oprea specializat in investigarea activitatii fostei politii politice comuniste din Romania. Bastionul cruzimii prezinta intr-o riguroasa documentare stiintifica adevarata fata a Securitatii: de la organizarea interna la modul de derulare a anchetelor de la legislatia cu caracter represiv la torturile si crimele acesteia fara sa omita locul aparatului represiv in sistemul de putere comunist si faptul ca acesta a jucat rolul de „brat inarmat al partidului in lupta de clasa“. O lectura necesara atat pentru istorici si studentii la facultatile de profil cat si pentru toti cei interesati de istoria recenta a Romaniei.Cuprins: Politia politica – instrument al sovietizarii Romaniei Nasterea Securitatii Securistii lui Dej Bazele „muncii de Securitate“ Partidul si Securitatea Scrupule si epoleti: Securitatea in lupta pentru putere dintre liderii comunisti
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Problem lustracji w Europie Środkowej i krajach bałtyckich - Opalińska, Agnieszka (IN GREMIUM, 2008)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

How South Africa can do better at reversing apartheid's legacies - Oosthuizen, Marius (The Conversation, 2019)
In matters of policy-making and governing, understanding the systemic complexity of interrelated forces is crucial to avoiding failure.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Decryptage - Qu'est-ce que le droit international humanitaire ? - ONU Info (ONU Info, 2023)
Alors que les travailleurs humanitaires au service des populations civiles touchées par les conflits dépendent d'un ensemble de lois pour les protéger, certaines parties belligérantes violent ces accords mondiaux, qu'il s'agisse de cibler des hôpitaux et des écoles ou d'empêcher les travailleurs humanitaires d'atteindre les civils avec des biens et des services vitaux.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Hungary sacks museum chief for not enforcing under-18s ban at LGBTQ+ exhibition - Oltermann, Philip (The Guardian, 2023)
László Simon dismissed after National Museum allowed children to visit a World Press Photo show.
Hungary
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Art and design; Culture; Europe; Exhibitions; Hungary; LGBTQ+ rights; Museums; Photography; The far right; World news

Mechanisms complementing prosecution - Olson, Laura (Revue Internationale de la Croix-Rouge/International Review of the Red Cross (IRRC), 2002)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Norwegian war children's work for justice - the role of the archives - Olsen, Kåre (Comma, 2013)
People from different weak groups struggling for justice may be dependent on archive material to document and substantiate their claims. In this paper I discuss the question of to what extent we as archivists are aware of our role as rulers of the archives. As an example, I use the Norwegian war children and the importance of information from the archives of the Norwegian National Archives for them both individually and as a group in society. I also discuss how we as Civil Servants and archivists can perform in our work in a professional way when we are aware of the potential significance our role may have for users from weak groups and their work for justice.
Other Publications

The advance of universal justice - Ollé Sesé, Manuel (International Federation for Human Rights, 2009)
The road map for limiting the practice of universal justice in Spain is a sad reality. The Spanish Congress has just approved a proposal to reduce universal justice to cases where the people presumed responsible are on Spanish soil or there are Spanish victims, and either way, only when an international court or the country where the crime was committed are not
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Prosecution and resistance, compensation and reconcilitation – two repressive systems in a country: the case of German archives - Oldenhage, Klaus (Comma, International Journal on Archives., 2004)
Other Publications

Responsible Management and Use of Data in UN Peace Operations - Oksamytna, Kseniya (International Peace Institute, 2023)
In recent years, the UN has embarked on an ambitious project to use data more extensively and effectively to improve the safety of peacekeepers and the implementation of peace operations’ mandates.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

OHCHR | Call for inputs for a thematic study by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on “new technologies and enforced disappearances” - OHCHR Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (OHCHR, 2023)
Background At its 125th session, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (hereinafter, ‘the Working Group’) announced its intention to conduct a thematic study on the issue of new technologies and enforced disappearances.

OHCHR | Call for inputs – Transitional justice measures and the legacy of human rights violations in colonial contexts - OHCHR Special Rapporteur on truth, justice and reparation (OHCHR, 2021)
Objective of the report In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence examines the question of the adoption of transitional justice measures to address the legacy of serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law committed in colonial contexts.

OHCHR | Promoting Environmental Democracy: Procedural elements of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment - OHCHR Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment (OHCHR, 2023)
Background Promoting Environmental Democracy: Procedural elements of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

OHCHR | Call for input on The use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery - OHCHR Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences (OHCHR, 2023)
Objectives of the report The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, wishes to focus his next thematic report to the General Assembly on “the use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery”.

OHCHR | Call for input 53rd session of the Human Rights Council - Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance - OHCHR Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (OHCHR, 2023)
Background Since 2012, the General Assembly has adopted annual resolutions mandating the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to prepare two reports per year, one to the Human Rights Council and one to the General Assembly, on the implementation of General Assembly resolutions on combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

OHCHR | Call for inputs for a report on cultural rights and migration - OHCHR Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (OHCHR, 2023)
Background An estimated 280 million people, approximately 3.6% of the world’s population, currently live outside their country of origin. The reasons for these displacements are numerous: some may have chosen to leave to pursue better opportunities elsewhere; many are compelled to leave for a complex combination of reasons, including poverty, lack of access to healthcare, education, water, food, housing, and the consequences of environmental degradation and climate change; others are forced to flee persecution and conflicts.

OHCHR | International Financial Obligations, Digital Systems and Human Rights - OHCHR Special Procedures (OHCHR, 2022)
Background and objectives In her annual report to the Human Rights Council in March 2023 the Independent Expert on debt, other international financial obligations and human rights, Ms. Attiya Waris, will address the links between international financial obligations, digital systems and human rights.

OHCHR | Call for comments on the draft general comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change - OHCHR Committee on the Rights of the Child (OHCHR, 2023)
The Committee on the Rights of the Child is currently drafting a general comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change.

Commission of Inquiry collecting evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories - OHCHR (UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2023)
There is already clear evidence that war crimes may have been committed in the latest explosion of violence in Israel and Gaza, and all those who have violated international law and targeted civilians must be held accountable for their crimes.
Western Asia
Keywords: 2023-10 October

El Consejo de Derechos Humanos - OHCHR (OHCHR)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance - OHCHR (2010)
Entry into force: 23 December 2010, in accordance with article 39(1) which reads as follows: “This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.”. Preamble The States Parties to this Convention,
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

National action plans on business and human rights - OHCHR (OHCHR)
The UN Working Group strongly encourages all States to develop, enact and update periodically a national action plan on business and human rights. Such plans are part of the responsibility of States to disseminate and implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

OHCHR | Call for input: Comprehensive report on “Importance of casualty recording for the promotion and protection of human rights.” - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2023)
Background In resolution 50/11, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner “to prepare, in consultation with all States, relevant United Nations entities, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions, a comprehensive report on the impact of casualty recording on the promotion and protection of human rights, including relevant practices, in particular the role of casualty recording in upholding and fulfilling the rights of victims of armed conflict, post-conflict situations

OHCHR | Call for inputs: Countering disinformation for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2022)
Objectives The United Nations General Assembly resolution 76/227 on “Countering disinformation for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms” requested the UN Secretary-General “to seek the views of States, United Nations entities and relevant stakeholders and to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session a report, within existing resources, based on information and best practices shared by States, United Nations entities and relevant stakeholders on countering disinformation.”

OHCHR | Call for inputs on rights of the child and inclusive social protection - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2023)
Background Inclusive social protection is an important and timely issue affecting the respect, protection, and fulfilment of the rights of the child around the world.

OHCHR | Calls for Input - OHCHR (OHCHR)

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - OHCHR (United Nations, 2007)
Published: 13 September 2007 Author: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Presented: At the 33rd session of the HRC. Links: A/RES/61/295 (also available in 60 more languages)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

UN Syria Commission welcomes landmark ICJ order to Syria to prevent torture and destruction of evidence - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2023)
The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry welcomesd a landmark order by the International Court of Justice in The Hague binding the Syrian Arab Republic to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and ensure that its officials - as well as any organizations or persons under its control, direction or influence - do not commit any such acts.
Syrian Arab Republic
Keywords: 2023-10 November

La OMS y el ACNUDH publican nuevas orientaciones para mejorar la legislación contra las violaciones de los derechos humanos en la atención de salud mental - Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH); (OMS), Organización Mundial de la Salud (Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH), 2023)
La Organización Mundial de la Salud y la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos lanzan conjuntamente una nueva publicación titulada Salud mental, derechos humanos y legislación: orientaciones y prácticas, con la que pretenden ayudar a los países a reformar su legislación para poner fin a las violaciones de los derechos humanos y mejorar el acceso a una atención de salud mental de calidad.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

La Oficina del Alto Comisionado pide a Francia que aborde los “problemas profundos” de racismo en la policía - Oficina del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos. (UN News, 2023)
La muerte a tiros de un adolescente de ascendencia argelina y marroquí a manos de un agente de la policía esta semana en un suburbio de París ha suscitado una serie de protestas en todo el país. El gobierno ha respondido con el despliegue de 40.000 policías y unos 875 arrestos para sofocar las movilizaciones, que han hilado ya tres noches consecutivas.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Prosecution Initiatives - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations, 2006)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

The Right to Health - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (World Health Organization, 2008)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

La Fiscalía lanza consultas públicas para el desarrollo de nuevos principios para avanzar en la comprensión del delito de persecución de género - Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2024)
La Clínica Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Género (HRGJ) y el Fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional, Sr. Karim A.A. Khan KC se complace en anunciar una nueva iniciativa para promover la rendición de cuentas por el crimen de lesa humanidad de persecución por motivos de género.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2024-01 January

The Office of the Prosecutor launches public principles to advance understanding of the crime of gender persecution - Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court, 2024)
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announced a new initiative to advance accountability for the crime against humanity of persecution on the grounds of gender. This initiative will culminate in a comprehensive set of principles on gender persecution to provide guidance for increasing its prevention, and ensuring protection and participation of its survivors.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2024-01 January

The Privacy Act in brief - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca, 2019)
Personal information, coverage, complaints
Last Modified: 2019-08-23
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume II - Office of the Historian (history.state.gov, 1945)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

WHO-OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights abuses in mental health care - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR); World Health Organization (WHO) (World Health Organization (WHO), 2023)
Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights are launching a new guidance, entitled “Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice”, to support countries to reform legislation in order to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental health care.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Establishment of a Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Economic and Social Council Resolution 2000/22 - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations, 2000)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR, 2018)
SpanishIt has been 70 years since world leaders explicitly spelled out the rights everyone on the planet could expect and demand simply because they are human beings. Born of a desire to prevent another Holocaust, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights continues to demonstrate the power of ideas to change the world.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 - Office of Insular Affairs (doi.gov, 2015)
U.S. PUBLIC LAW 99-239 - JAN. 14, 1986[courtesy of RMI Government]U.S. Public Law 99-23999th CongressJoint ResolutionTo approve the "Compact of Free Association", and for other purposes.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises - OEIGWG (2021)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Líneas Directrices de la OCDE para Empresas Multinacionales - OECD (OECD, 2013)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

The Observers - In Sudan, a citizen initiative monitors ceasefire violations - Observers Team (The Observers - France 24, 2023)
Several ceasefires have been announced between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since the start of the conflict in Sudan. However, numerous breaches of these agreements have been reported by a network of activists who monitor the violations perpetrated by both sides in the conflict, endangering the lives of civilians.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The Panama Papers proved encryption is a massive asset for democracy - Obermaya, Bastian (euronews, 2023)
We should celebrate the transformative power of encryption and spotlight the incredible things it has done in the fight to expose injustice and give a voice to the voiceless.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Barack Obama's Defense of Librarians Amid 'Profoundly Misguided' Book Bans and Attacks - Obama, Barack (FlaglerLive, 2023)
"You’re on the front lines – fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone," Obama tells librarians in a letter. "Your dedication and professional expertise allow us to freely read and consider information and ideas, and decide for ourselves which ones we agree with."
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Archives and Historical Accountability: Toward a Moral Theology of Archives - O'Toole, James (Archivaria, 2004)
Other Publications

China lleva a cabo la mayor operación de desinformación en línea conocida en el mundo para acosar a los estadounidenses, según una investigación de CNN - O'Sullivan, Donie; Devine, Court; Gordon, Allison (CNN, 2023)
El gobierno chino ha creado la mayor operación de desinformación en línea conocida en el mundo y la utiliza para acosar a residentes, políticos y empresas estadounidenses, amenazando en ocasiones a sus objetivos con la violencia, según ha revelado un análisis de CNN de documentos judiciales y revelaciones públicas de empresas de medios sociales.
China
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Troubles legacy act: Ireland takes human rights case against UK - O'Neill, Julian (BBC News, 2023)
The Irish government is to begin a legal challenge against the UK government over its decision to offer immunity for Troubles-era crimes despite opposition from Dublin and all Northern Ireland's main political parties. Critics argued the law gave an amnesty and removed access to justice.
Ireland
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Troubles legacy act: Ireland takes human rights case against UK - O'Neill, Julian (BBC News, 2023)
The Irish government is to begin a legal challenge against the UK government over its decision to offer immunity for Troubles-era crimes. The UK's controversial Troubles legacy act became law in September, despite opposition from Dublin and all Northern Ireland's main political parties. Critics argued the law gave an amnesty and removed access to justice.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Labour abuses, including slavery, found on European fishing vessels - O'Donoghue, Saskia (euronews, 2023)
Research by a Washington DC-based organisation which tracks illicit money flows has found that tens of thousands of workers every year on these boats are estimated to be trapped in unsafe conditions.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

EU investigates Musk's X, as harmful content surges from Israel-Hamas war - O'Brien, Peter (France 24, 2023)
The European Commission has opened an investigation into X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The move comes after Brussels ordered X, as well as rivals Meta and TikTok, to act quickly to tackle the spread of disinformation, which has surged on each of these platforms since Hamas's deadly attack on Israel.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Un archivo vivo de la guerra civil española. El auténtico archivo de la guerra - Núñez, Guillermo Pastor (Kamchatka. Revista de análisis cultural., 2019)
La movilización de todos los recursos durante la Guerra Civil Española alcanzó también el ámbito de la Cultura y la Gestión del Patrimonio. Si bien son más conocidas iniciativas relacionadas con el Museo del Prado o la Biblioteca Nacional, desde el principio se tuvo en cuenta la creación de un Archivo de la Guerra, donde se reunirían todos los testimonios escritos de todas aquellas unidades militares o asociaciones políticas que lucharon en defensa de la República. Este archivo, después de la guerra, fue incautado y perdió su carácter, pero los documentos que lo compusieron pasaron a formar parte de otros centros de conservación, donde se difunden bajo otro contexto. Con estas referencias ahora fragmentadas se ha podido reconstruir su historia y deducir su destino una vez terminada la Guerra Civil. Del mismo modo, esta reconstrucción histórica permite recuperar el sentido y la naturaleza de esta iniciativa archivística que, como un elemento de lucha y propaganda, supo sacar provecho de los archivos y ser narrador de la movilización social en defensa de la República. Recientemente, y de forma espontánea, han tenido lugar iniciativas que podrían emparentar con este archivo de la guerra, fórmulas para convertir los archivos en instrumentos vivos con una función social y reivindicativa de clase.
Number: 14
Keywords: Archival Science; Archives; Archivística; Community Archives; Documentary Heritage; Gestión del Patrimonio; Guerra Civil Española; References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights; Spanish Civil War; clase obrera; cultura obrera; working class

The Commission For Truth, Unity and Reconciliation: A Damp Squib for Human Rights Archives and Records - Nugawela, Nigel (Groundviews, 2024)
The Bill on the Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation (CTUR) in Sri Lanka was finally issued in the Gazette on January 1, 2024 after months of announcements by the government. However, recommendations sent to the president and key ministries regarding the management of records have not been addressed in the current draft. This includes the establishment of a nexus with the Sri Lanka National Archives (SLNA) for the transfer of records, processing the records of previous commissions of inquiry (CoIs), establishing a records management unit and acknowledging rights of access for affected persons.
Sri Lanka
Keywords: 2024-01 January

What can Taiwan learn from Ukraine? - Noubel, Filip (Global Voices, 2023)
Can Taiwan learn from Ukraine as it faces military threats from China? Fighting disinformation, utilizing technology and establishing command systems are crucial.
Republic of China (Taiwan, not a UN member)
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Climate-change-induced migration increases the risk of human trafficking and modern slavery, report finds - Nottingham, University of (Phys.Org, 2023)
Climate-change-induced migration has been linked to the risk of human-trafficking and modern slavery, a new study from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham has found.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

¿Qué es el derecho internacional humanitario? - Noticias ONU (Noticias ONU, 2023)
Tan antiguo como la guerra, el derecho internacional humanitario ha servido a modo de árbitro en los conflictos bélicos y armados en todo el mundo. A pesar de que sus normas han cambiado a través de la historia, sus principios siguen siendo los mismos: la protección de la comunidad civil y el trato humano y digno de quienes la conforman.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal Justice - Normand, Roger; Zaidi, Sarah (Indiana University Press, 2008)
Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that molded the international system of human rights law. The book emphasizes the period before and after the creation of the UN, when human rights ideas and proposals were shaped and transformed by the hard-edged realities of power politics and bureaucratic imperatives. It also analyzes the expansion of the human rights framework in response to demands for equitable development after decolonization and organized efforts by women, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups to secure international recognition of their rights.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

L'identification Des Citoyens: Naissance De L'état Civil Républicain - Noiriel, Gérard (Genèses, 1993)
Publisher: Editions Belin
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary October 13, 2017 (AM) | Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet - Nogami, Kotaro (2017)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 - Nobelprize.org (NobelPrize.org)
The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 was awarded jointly to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict"
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Analysis | Why some Latin American countries are rushing to open Jerusalem embassies, too - Noack, Rick (Washington Post, 2021)
It's mostly about currying favor with the United States, not Israel.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

"Taking sides": National Archives and the defence of Human rights in a multicultural society. - Nishiguchi, Gabrielle (Comma, International Journal on Archives, 2004)
Other Publications

Meet the retired women bringing Switzerland to court over climate inaction - Niranjan, Ajit (Mother Jones, 2024)
"Our generation has done so much to destroy the climate. We have a responsibility." The women are suing the Swiss government in Europe’s top court for violating their human rights with policies that do too little to stop the planet from baking
Switzerland
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Prawdy jak chleba - Niezabitowska, Małgorzata (Prószyński, 2007)
Procesowy thriller, powieść kryminalna, poradnik jak radzić sobie w sytuacjach ekstremalnych, historia przygodowa stanu wojennego, opowieść o miłości i przyjaźni - książka Małgorzaty Niezabitowskiej ł...
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Records Management Code of Practice 2021 - A guide to the management of health and care records - NHS England (NHS England, 2021)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Promoting the archives of the Alliance: a case study of outreach at the NATO Archives* - Nguyen, Nicholas (Comma, 2021)
Following the institutionalization of the Policy on the Public Disclosure of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Information in 2008, the NATO Archives tasked itself to regularly exhibit publicly disclosed NATO documents, video, audio, photos, publications and artifacts to promote the increasing accessibility of its collection. The success of these exhibitions, which were all initially displayed at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, led not only to a boost in the visibility of the NATO Archives within the organization, but also resulted in their expansion as part of the promotional activities of the Alliance itself, leading up to its 70th anniversary celebrations in 2019. This paper presents an overview of the outreach activities of the NATO Archives, discussing its origins and evolution in an institutional context, highlighting its role in communicating the mission of the NATO Archives and, by extension, of NATO itself. While this case study illuminates a specific experience that is heavily determined by the political and security demands of its particular environment, the resulting narrative is intended to be broadly applicable and perhaps even inspirational for archivists who recognize similar challenges at their respective international organizations.

Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts: Recalling the Past in Africa - Ngoepe, Mpho; Bhebhe, Sindiso (Routledge, 2023)
Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts revisits the definition of a record and extends it to include memory, murals, rock art paintings and other objects.
Africa
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Botswana; South Africa; Southern Africa; Zimbabwe

Tina Ngata: Waiting for the fox to give the henhouse back - Ngata, Tina (E-Tangata, 2023)
“Those in power are so accustomed to extreme privilege that anything less than maintaining that feels like oppression.” — Tina Ngata.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Aotearoa; Government; Racism; Work Place

Revealed: The New Zealand employers caught exploiting workers - Newshub (Newshub, 2018)
MBIE releases list of employers caught out ripping off workers and rorting the law.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

German bank caught in DRC colonial land dispute - News24 (News24, 2018)
A German state-owned bank has found itself at the centre of a battle in the Democratic Republic of Congo over agricultural land dating back to the Belgian colonial period, a report says.
Section: News24
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

African delegation tells Putin 'war must' end, Russia says 'open to dialogue' - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
A delegation of African leaders including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg on Saturday as part of its mission to try to broker peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv. The meeting comes a day after the delegation met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and as Putin confirmed that he has deployed tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
Africa
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower who exposed Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92 - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified "Pentagon Papers," revealing U.S. government deception about the war and setting off a major freedom-of-the-press battle, died on Friday at the age of 92, his family said in a statement.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

France says uncovers major disinformation campaign waged by Russia - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
France on Tuesday said it had uncovered a major Russian disinformation campaign, with false news items hostile to Ukraine made to look like they were published by prominent French news media.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

France to shut down activist climate group after clashes with police - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
The French government said Tuesday that it would soon shut down an activist climate group over a series of recent demonstrations including one that led to fierce clashes with police over a controversial irrigation project.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

French-Armenian Resistance hero Missak Manouchian to enter France’s Panthéon - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
Missak Manouchian, an Armenian genocide survivor who went on to become a French Resistance hero, will enter France’s Panthéon mausoleum of revered historical figures next year, President Emmanuel Macron announced in a statement Sunday.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Key figures: Number of refugees, displaced people hits record high worldwide - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
On World Refugee Day 2023, the numbers of refugees and displaced people worldwide are higher than ever before. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the key figures.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Displaced people

No progress on biases against women during past decade, UN reports - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining "deeply embedded" in society despite rights campaigns such as MeToo, a UN report said Monday.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

UN panel condemns French ban on full-face veils as violation of human rights - News Wires (France 24, 2018)
The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public.
Section: france
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

UN experts say treatment of Guantanamo detainees is 'inhuman and degrading' - News Wire (France 24, 2023)
With nearly constant surveillance, gruelling isolation and limited family access, the treatment of the last 30 Guantanamo detainees is "cruel, inhuman and degrading," UN rights experts said Monday as they reported on their first visit to the US military prison.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Family of former British PM apologises for links to slavery - News Agencies (Al Jazeera, 2023)
The apology by family of William Gladstone comes as many descendants of African slaves have sought reparations.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Caribbean; Enslavement; Guyana; Human trafficking; Indentured Labour; United Kingdomw

Zambia enacts new Access to Information law - New Zimbabwe.com (New Zimbabwe, 2024)
Zambia has become the latest country to enact an Access to Information law, signed the bill last month. Under the new law, every citizen can request unclassified information from the government on any issue of public interest.
Zambia
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Access to Information law

Tyla’s racial identity: South African singer sparks culture war - Nesta Kupemba, Danai (BBC News, 2023)
The term "coloured" is a slur in the US, but for millions of South Africans it is part of their identity. Apartheid was a political system with a racial hierarchy and the Population Registration Act of 1950 required people to be registered into one of four racial categories - white, black, Indian or coloured.
South Africa
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Apartheid

Exhibition - The Fury by Shirin Neshat | Until 2023-08-20 - Neshat, Shirin (PHI Centre, 2023)
The Fury, created by Shirin Neshat, is a two-part narrative that takes the audience through the emotional turmoil experienced by the Iranian protagonist. The artwork is presented through a two-channel video and a virtual reality work. In a highly fictionalized and stylized approach, The Fury explores the sexual exploitation of female political prisoners, referencing the Islamic Republic of Iran's brutal treatment of political prisoners.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Exposition - The Fury de Shirin Neshat | Jusqu'au 2023-08-20 - Neshat, Shirin (Centre PHI, 2023)
The Fury, créé par Shirin Neshat, est un récit en deux temps qui embarque le public à travers les bouleversements émotionnels vécus par la protagoniste iranienne. L'œuvre est présentée à partir d'une vidéo à deux canaux et d'une œuvre de réalité virtuelle. Dans une approche hautement fictive et stylisée, The Fury explore le sujet autour de l'exploitation sexuelle des prisonnières politiques, en référence au traitement brutal de ces dernières par la République islamique d'Iran.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Exhibition - Nelson Mandela is Dead - Nelson Mandela Foundation; Mokgopa, Kneo (Nelson Mandela Foundation, 2023)
Ten years after Nelson Mandela passing away. The thought-provoking Mandela is Dead exhibition curated by Kneo Mokgopa celebrates, as well as challenges, the legacy of a great Human Rights Activist and South Africa’s first democratically elected president - Exhibition launched 30th of November 2023 at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Houghton South Africa
South Africa
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Access to Justice - Neistat, Anya; Jilani, Hina; Romero, Marianna (2023)
In its 75 years, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has helped many find justice – either by changing laws or providing opportunities for people to claim their rights. But there are still places where accessing justice is difficult or impossible for those seeking it. In this episode, we hear from those who continue to uphold the promise of the Declaration.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

La construction du récit de la mémoire collective avec la contribution du savoir de l’historien - Neirinck, Danièle (Gazette des archives, 2007)
Other Publications

Ile-a-la Crosse school settlement stalled by Saskatchewan says Ottawa - Needham, Fraser (APTN News, 2023)
A settlement for students who went the to Ile-a-la Crosse residential school is stalled because Saskatchewan refuses to negotiate says Ottawa.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance - Necessary & Proportionate (Necessary & Proportionate, 2013)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Senegal: behind the protests is a fight for democratic freedoms - Ndiaye, Bamba; Riedl, Rachel Beatty (The Conversation, 2023)
President Macky Sall’s previous ambiguity on a third-term bid, perception of a weaponised justice system and arbitrary detention of opposition are the drivers of political violence in Senegal.
Senegal
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Sénégal : derrière les manifestations se cache un combat pour les libertés démocratiques - Ndiaye, Bamba; Riedl, Rachel Beatty (The Conversation, 2023)
L'ambiguïté de Macky Sall sur sa candidature à un troisième mandat, la perception d'un système judiciaire militarisé et la détention abitraire d'opposants sont les moteurs de la violence politique.
Senegal
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Archivos, memoria y derechos: reflexiones en torno al caso argentine - Nazar, Mariana (Comma, International Journal on Archives., 2010)
Other Publications

Archivos, memoria y derechos: reflexiones en torno al caso argentino - Nazar, Mariana (Comma, 2010)
La problemática relacionada con la función del Archivo como garante de derechos ha cobrado una gran relevancia social a partir de los reclamos relacionados con violaciones a los derechos humanos. En este trabajo se aborda el tema desde el análisis de
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Secretos, reservados y confidenciales: la producción de información de las fuerzas armadas y de seguridad como fuente para la historiografía - Nazar, Mariana (Estudios Sociales del Estado, 2018)
Number: 7
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

A tsunami of AI misinformation will shape next year’s knife-edge elections - Naughton, John (The Observer, 2023)
If you thought social media had a hand in getting Trump elected, watch what happens when you throw AI into the mix
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Artificial intelligence (AI); ChatGPT; Computing; OpenAI; Politics; Social media; Technology; US elections 2024; US news; US politics

The world has a big appetite for AI – but we really need to know the ingredients - Naughton, John (The Observer, 2023)
Much ‘artificial intelligence’ harvests original creative work by humans. Regulators must demand transparency about training data
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Artificial intelligence (AI); ChatGPT; Computing; Technology

Droits d'auteur © Organisation des Nations Unies - Nations Unies (UN.org)
Publisher: United Nations
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Le droit à la vérité - Résolution de la Commission des droits de l’homme 2005/66 - Nations Unies (Nations Unies, 2005)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Principes directeurs relatifs aux entreprises et aux droits de l’homme: Mise en oeuvre du cadre de référence "Protéger, Respecter et Réparer" des Nations Unies - Nations Unies (Nations Unies, 2011)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Guatemala Police Archive under Threat - National Security Archive (National Security Archive, 2018)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

The Chiquita 13: Profiles of Banana Officials Accused of Crimes Against Humanity - National Security Archive (National Security Archive, 2018)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

TRC Website - National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR.ca)
The TRC website has been archived using the Wayback Machine software. You can view the archived version by clicking here. The Wayback Machine is an archive system for websites. The archived TRC website will work like a normal website, however, it is not being maintained with current information. The Wayback Machine banner will appear at
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Exhibition - "Out Down South: Voices & Portraits of LGBTQ+ Atlanta" - National Center for Civil and Human Rights (National Center for Civil and Human Rights, 2023)
Out Down South: Voices & Portraits of LGBTQ+ Atlanta presents stories of change-making LGBTQ+ Atlantans. The exhibit features the photographs and recorded stories of Atlantans, told in their own words. In Atlanta (Georgia), Exhibition launched in October 2023, at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Stewarding Collections of Trauma: Plurality, Responsibility, and Questions of Action - Nathan, Lisa P.; Shaffer, Elizabeth; Castor, Maggie (Archivaria, 2015)
There are dedicated efforts around the world to steward material related to human atrocities, with aspirations to acknowledge, learn from, and perhaps lessen the probability of further harm. Yet for the archivists charged with stewarding these collections, there remain ethically fraught questions of how to do this work. Through this article, we identify systemic, structural challenges that confront efforts to ethically steward collections of trauma. Our scholarly reflections are grounded in the context of an institution being created to hold materials related to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). We reflect on ongoing discussions with those involved in the inception and development of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and our review of court documents and media accounts related to the TRC and development of the NCTR. We call attention to the assemblage of socio-technical, political, and legal forces that influence the actions of those managing collections of trauma. We highlight how those involved in the NCTR’s development are participants in and descendants of Canada’s legacy of colonizing initiatives (as are we, researchers studying the NCTR’s development). To support those facing questions of action in this complicated space, we draw on the work of Iris Marion Young to inform archivists’ practice related to the issues of conflict, plurality, agency, and distrust that underlie the design and management of collections of trauma.RÉSUMÉDes efforts consciencieux sont faits à travers le monde pour préserver la documentation liée aux atrocités humaines, dans le but de les reconnaître, d’en apprendre, et peut-être aussi de diminuer la probabilité de futurs torts. Pourtant, pour les archivistes chargés de sauvegarder ces collections, il demeure des questions épineuses sur le plan éthique par rapport aux façons d’accomplir ce travail. Dans cet article nous identifions des défis systémiques et structurels qui entravent les efforts de préserver éthiquement ces collections de trauma. Nos réflexions critiques sont ancrées dans le contexte d’une institution qui se constitue pour conserver le matériel lié à la Commission de vérité et réconciliation (CVR) du Canada. Nous examinons les discussions qui se poursuivent avec les personnes impliquées dans la création et le développement du Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation (CNVR), ainsi que notre étude des documents présentés en cour et des reportages des médias portant sur la CVR et le développement du CNVR. Nous signalons l’assemblage de forces socio-techniques, politiques et légales qui ont eu une influence sur les agissements des personnes qui gèrent des collections de trauma. Nous accentuons comment les personnes impliquées dans le développement du CNVR sont des participants dans les initiatives de colonisation du Canada, tout en étant les descendants de cet héritage colonisateur (comme nous le sommes aussi en tant que chercheurs étudiant le développement du CNVR). Afin d’appuyer celles et ceux qui sont confrontés aux questions d’action dans cet espace compliqué, nous nous inspirons du travail d’Iris Marion Young pour éclairer les pratiques des archivistes face aux questions de conflit, de pluralité, de l’exercice du pouvoir personnel et de méfiance qui sont sous-jacentes à la conceptualisation et à la gestion des collections de trauma.
Other Publications
Keywords: A&DwP website

Senate Committee provides little pushback on Catholic representatives over residential school documents - Narine, Shari (Windspeaker.com, 2023)
A Canadian Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples may have been shocked two weeks ago when witnesses told them about the difficulties they were having in accessing Catholic Church records for children who attended Indian residential schools.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Canada; Europe; Indigenous Matters; Privacy laws; Residential Schools; Rome; Vatican

Trump’s agreements in Central America are dismantling the asylum system as we know it - Narea, Nicole (Vox, 2019)
The administration has started sending migrants back to Guatemala.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

The role of data and statistics in advancing the population and sustainable development agenda - Napaphat Satchanawakul; Jessica Gardner; Christophe Lefranc (UNFPA Asiapacific, 2023)
In a world increasingly driven by information, the role of ‘data’ and ‘statistics’ is guiding decisions, including on population and sustainable development. In Asia and the Pacific, home to 60 per cent of the global population, data are an important foundation of informed policymaking. But does data drive policy development by shedding light on where disparities exist or where progress is slow? Or does a focus on data drive us to prioritize only those issues that can be measured and quantified?
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Memory, records, history: the Records of the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste - Nannelli, Elizabeth (Archival Science, 2009)
This paper examines the implications of the context of creation on the current and potential future uses of the records produced by the Comissao de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliacao de Timor-Leste (Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, or CAVR). Given that the CAVR relied heavily on the testimony of the East Timorese people in its investigations that addressed a 25-year period, this paper considers the nature of memory and the role it played in creating and shaping the CAVR records. It also addresses the potential influences of the CAVR records, particularly the final report, Chega!, in shaping what will be known about this period by the Timorese people. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential role of the CAVR records in contributing to the history of Timor-Leste. Although truth commissions are a problematic form of truth telling, with significant implications for the writing of history, the records of the CAVR are an invaluable source of information for Timorese history. If future users can recognize the CAVR records as the products of the context of their creation, these records will have a critical role to play in the development of history within Timor-Leste.
Other Publications
Keywords: Memory; Records; Timor-Leste; Truth commissions

A failure of global documentary heritage? UNESCO's ‘memory of the world’ and heritage dissonance in East Asia - Nakano, Ryoko (Contemporary Politics, 2018)
UNESCO’s ‘Memory of the World’ Programme promotes the preservation, universal access and public awareness of the world’s signiﬁcant documents as the common heritage of all humankind. The inscription of the ‘Documents of Nanjing Massacre’ into the ‘Memory of the World’ Register in 2015 reﬂects an increasingly globalised concern in the post–Cold War era over the remembrance of war and atrocity. Yet it has reignited the tension between Japan and China, resulting in strong pressure on UNESCO to reform its selection process for contested heritage. This paper addresses the limitations encountered by UNESCO in pursuing the promotion of global documentary heritage from an English School perspective. The 2015 controversy is relevant and indicative to an important question of International Relations on an inherent tension between the solidarist forces of promoting a normative agenda on human rights and common heritage and the pluralist pull of maintaining sovereignty and bringing heritage back to the hands of states.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

An emblematic documentary salvaged during Chile's dictatorship has been restored - Nájera, Jacobo (Global Voices, 2023)
How a group of people took coordinated action to safeguard the tapes of the Chilean documentary "The Battle of Chile, the Struggle of an Unarmed People."
Chile
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Justicia Transicional y Comisiones de la Verdad - Najar, Jorge Enrique Ibáñez (Berg Institute, 2017)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

‘I don’t want my mother’s story to die’: Holocaust account brought to life in virtual reality film - Nadia Khomami (The Guardian, 2023)
Documentary Letters From Drancy is named for the letters Alice Deichmann sent from an internment camp
France
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Culture; Europe; Film; France; Holocaust; London; London film festival; London film festival 2023; Second world war

Despite Ban, Invasive Virginity Tests Remain Prevalent in Afghanistan - Nader, Zahra; Mashal, Mujib (The New York Times, 2017)
Months after the president vowed to keep justice officials from ordering the examinations, found to be invalid, the tests are still traumatizing women.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission; Forensic Science; Ghani; Ashraf; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights; Sex Crimes; Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction; Women and Girls; Women for Afghan Women; Women's Rights

Principios Rectores Sobre las Empresas y los Derechos Humanos: Puesta en Práctica del marco de las Naciones Unidas para “proteger, Respetar y Remediar” - Naciones Unidas Derechos Humanos (United Nations, 2011)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de las Naciones Unidas - Naciones Unidas (Naciones Unidas, 1946)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Privilegios e Inmunidades de los Organismos Especializados - Naciones Unidas (Naciones Unidas, 1947)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

JFS Brochure - N.C. Justice for Sterilization (N.C. Justice for Sterilization, 2010)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Navigating Cultural Memory: Commemoration and Narrative in Postgenocide Rwanda - Mwambari, David (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Navigating Cultural Memory examines how a master narrative of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi evolved into a hegemonic narrative both in Rwanda and globally. Identifying key actors who shaped and responded to the evolution and enforcement of the master narrative in the first two decades after the genocide and civil war ended, it engages with important questions about collective memory, trauma, and power following violent and divisive events. With chapters analyzing interviews the author collected, as well as other secondary sources, Mwambari charts how Rwandans from different backgrounds–who he identifies as Champions, Antagonists, and Fatalists of the master narrative–have responded to this event through language, physical symbols of memory, art, and traditional and new media.
Rwanda
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Declaration of principles on freedom of expression and access to Information in Africa - Mute, Lawrence Muguru (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 2019)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Exhibición - Ninguna Calle Llevará tu Nombre - Hasta 2023-08-13 - Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humano (Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humano, 2023)
El Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos y taller Marca les invitan a la inauguración de “Ninguna calle llevará tu nombre”, sobre afiches de la resistencia en Concepción.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Conception Resistance

Etat des sources sur les biens culturels issus de contextes coloniaux - Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.; Musée de l’Armée (2023)
France
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Exposition - Prisonniers en terre d'exil. L'Île Sainte-Marguerite au temps de la conquête de l'Algérie, 1841-1884 - Jusqu'au 29 octobre 2023 - Musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal (Cannes, 2023)
Au plus fort de la conquête de l'Algérie par la France, plusieurs milliers d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants, originaires de diverses régions du Maghreb, furent exilés sans procès, ni jugement à l'île Sainte-Marguerite. Emprisonnés au Fort Royal, 274 d'entre eux succombèrent. Ils reposent aujourd'hui dans le cimetière musulman de l'Île Sainte-Marguerite. Découvrez leur histoire.
France
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Exposition - Justice climatique - Jusqu'au 2024-06 - Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne (Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne, 2023)
L’exposition « Justice climatique » met en évidence les liens entre les droits de la personne et le changement climatique, en mettant en valeur le militantisme et les voix des jeunes.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Youth Activism

Exposition - La force du nombre : le mouvement Solidarité en Pologne - Jusqu'au 2024-08 - Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne (Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne, 2023)
Après des décennies d’oppression par l’État et de déni des droits au travail, environ 16 000 travailleurs et travailleuses du chantier naval Lénine de Gdańsk, en Pologne, ont fait la grève en 1980. Leur protestation a éclaté quand la militante syndicale Anna Walentynowicz a été congédiée de son poste au chantier naval. La grève massive a inspiré le mouvement Solidarité qui rassemblait quelque 10 millions de travailleurs et de travailleuses et a mené à des changements politiques de grande envergure. La force du nombre démontre la puissance de l’action collective au cours de l’un des plus grands soulèvements syndicaux des temps modernes.
Poland
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Poland; Solidarity Movement

State Security: A Reader on the GDR Secret Police - Münkel, Daniela (Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic, 2016)
Google-Books-ID: 39VjAQAACAAJ
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Can labour officials seize records from your office? - Mugo, Jacqueline (Business Daily, 2010)
When can employment records be seized? Some employers have complained of labour officials asking them to submit these records to their offices for inspection.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Missing Maps: How geodata is helping humanitarian aid efforts - MSF (Relief Web, 2023)
With the Missing Maps initiative, MSF teams are leveraging spatial data to better evaluate the extent of displacement in the hard-to-reach camps around Goma, DR Congo.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Movice - Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado – Movice - movimientodevictimas.org
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

The 10 second rule: Why are Italians groping themselves in protest? - Mouriquand, David (euronews, 2023)
Italian social media users are expressing outrage after judges said groping had to last 10 seconds to be considered sexual assault.
Italy
Keywords: 2023-07 July

German intelligence employee and acquaintance charged with treason for passing secrets to Russia - Moulson, Geir (AP News, 2023)
Prosecutors say an employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence service and an acquaintance have been charged with treason for allegedly passing secret documents to Russia.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-09 September

'We need to record everything': This team stayed behind in a Ukrainian war zone - Mosley, Tonya (NPR, 2023)
Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov was in Mariupol when Russia invaded. "I just understood that we need to record everything," he says. His new documentary is 20 Days in Mariupol.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-10 November

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Challenge of Religion - Morsink, Johannes (University of Missouri Press, 2018)
As its title indicates, Johannes Morsink’s new book takes stock of the grounding and prospects of human rights ideals in the face of what people often call “the return of religion.” He starts by claiming that, given its Holocaust origins, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 reflected secular assumptions—a common agreement transcending all faith commitments and requiring none in particular and, in fact, no faith of any kind. I think he proves his case, but scants the reasons why human rights were compatible with so many religions at the time and sidesteps the considerable recent debate about whether “secular” ideals are ever that distant from religious and especially Christian ones.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent - Morsink, Johannes (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999)
Born of a shared revulsion against the horrors of the Holocaust, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has become the single most important statement of international ethics. It was inspired by and reflects the full scope of President Franklin Roosevelt's famous four freedoms: "the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear." Written by a UN commission led by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted in 1948, the Declaration has become the moral backbone of more than two hundred human rights instruments that are now a part of our world. The result of a truly international negotiating process, the document has been a source of hope and inspiration to thousands of groups and millions of oppressed individuals.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Australia to head to polls in October as PM confirms Voice referendum date - Morse, Callan; Cross, Jarred (National Indigenous Times, 2023)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the date of the upcoming Voice to parliament referendum, announcing the vote will be held on October 14. Australians will head to the referendum polls for the first time in 24 years on the second Saturday in October to decide whether to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in Australia's constitution.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Government; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous Matters

Indigenous human rights and knowledge in archives, museums, and libraries: some international perspectives with specific reference to New Zealand and Canada - Morse, Bradford W. (Archival Science, 2012)
This article highlights the extent to which international law has changed rapidly in recent years in relation to the rights of Indigenous peoples generally, and in particular how this impacts upon the legal status of traditional knowledge and culture. It reviews the recognition of the unique legal status of Māori in Aotearoa and Aboriginal peoples in Canada in relation to selfdetermination and how their changing place within these nations are affecting the operations of museums, libraries and archives as case studies, illustrating some of the key legal and practical challenges that now impinge upon the work of archivists and related professionals in many countries.
Other Publications
Keywords: A&DwP website

RAF veteran wrongly believed to be gay loses employment tribunal over 1975 discharge - Morris, Steven (The Guardian, 2023)
Cpl Sean Walsh claimed he was discriminated against at time when gay people were barred from armed forces
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Discrimination at work; Employment law; Employment tribunals; LGBTQ+ rights; Military; Ministry of Defence; UK news

Recognising Human Rights Defenders as Remarkable Agents of Positive Change - Moore, Olive (Inter Press Service, 2023)
In recent years, the global landscape for human rights defenders (HRDs) has become more difficult and complex, with both new and heightened challenges. With hundreds of defenders killed every year, the scale and magnitude of threats faced by HRDs is unprecedented.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Anti-fascists won’t let Germany return to normal after weak verdict in neo-Nazi trial - Moore, Hilary; Frey, Laura (Waging Nonviolence, 2018)
A trial that should have exposed a terror network, instead revealed the limitations of the judicial system and how movements can fight back.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

The novelist who became a war crimes investigator – and uncovered a secret diary - Moore, Hannah; Higgins, Charlotte; Glasser, Tom; Khaleeli, Homa (2023)
Victoria Amelina was an award-winning novelist. But after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, she began investigating war crimes
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Culture; Ukraine; World news

A Journey Through the Documents That Inspired ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ - Montoya, Stephen (Fort Worth Magazine, 2024)
Many of the documents written and received by the real-life people portrayed in Martin Scorsese’s latest film are housed in Cowtown.
United States of America
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Murders; Osage; United States of America

Archiving Human Rights: The Records of Amnesty International USA - Montgomery, Bruce P. (Archivaria, 1995)
Other Publications

Fact-Finding by Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations: Challenges,Strategies, and the Shaping of Archival Evidence - Montgomery, Bruce P. (Archivaria, 2004)
Other Publications

Human Rights: A Survey of Archival Sources in the United States and Canada - Montgomery, Bruce P. (Human Rights Quarterly, 2001)
Other Publications

Returning Evidence to the Scene of the Crime: Why the Anfal Files Should be Repatriated to Iraqi Kurdistan - Montgomery, Bruce P. (Archivaria, 2010)
On 22 April 2008, five years after the American invasion of Iraq, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) issued a joint statement calling for American authorities to repatriate millions of captured intelligence documents and intervene with the “government of Kurdistan” to return the Iraqi Anfal files to the Iraq National Library and Archive in Baghdad. The Anfal files, which chronicle Iraq’s genocide against the Kurds during the mid- to late-1980s, were captured by Kurdish peshmerga in the March 1991 uprisings following the first Gulf War. They were transferred to the United States for safe storage and analysis for human rights crimes with the understanding that the documents were Kurdish property. The SAA and ACA based their statement on the archival principle of the inalienability of national records, a concept that claims that the alienation of national records can only occur through a legislative act of the state. This principle of inalienability, however, is incompatible with the laws of war that allow for the capture of state records during hostilities, conflicts with the international legal regime of human rights regarding the restitution of state security files to a repressive regime that may reuse them, and contradicts the original agreement between American and Kurdish authorities governing ownership of the Anfal files. Indeed, with the growing appearance of a new Iraqi repressive regime – with one faction ruling at the expense of the others – there is considerable danger in repatriating the Anfal files and Hussein’s archive of atrocity to the ruling theocrats in Baghdad before political reconciliation takes root. Reasons of historical patrimony and provenance also argue for the return of the Anfal documents to Iraqi Kurdistan. RÉSUMÉ Le 22 avril 2008, cinq ans après l’invasion américaine de l’Iraq, la Society of American Archivists (SAA) et l’Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) ont émis une déclaration commune demandant aux autorités américaines de rapatrier les millions de documents du renseignement saisis et d’intervenir auprès du « gouvernement du Kurdistan » afin de retourner les dossiers de l’Anfal iraquien à la Iraq National Library and Archive, à Bagdad. Les dossiers de l’Anfal, qui documentent le génocide iraquien des Kurdes durant la deuxième moitié des années 1980, avaient été saisis par les peshmergas kurdes pendant les insurrections de mars 1991 suite à la première guerre du Golfe. Ils ont été transférés aux États-Unis pour entreposage sécuritaire et pour les analyses dans l’optique des crimes contre l’humanité, tout en demeurant propriété kurde. La SAA et l’ACA ont basé leur déclaration sur le principe archivistique de l’inaliénabilité des documents nationaux, concept qui affirme que l’aliénation des documents nationaux ne peut se faire que par un acte législatif de l’état. Ce principe de l’inaliénabilité, cependant, est incompatible avec les lois de la guerre qui permettent la saisie de documents d’état pendant les hostilités; il entre en conflit avec le régime légal international en matière de droits humains au sujet de la restitution des dossiers de sécurité d’état à un régime répressif qui pourrait s’en servir à nouveau; et il contredit l’entente d’origine entre les autorités américaines et kurdes au sujet du droit de propriété des dossiers de l’Anfal. En effet, étant donné l’apparence montée d’un nouveau régime répressif en Iraq – avec une faction qui gouverne au détriment des autres – il y a un danger considérable de rapatrier les dossiers de l’Anfal et les archives des atrocités d’Hussein aux théocrates au pouvoir en Iraq avant qu’aucune réconciliation politique n’ait pu s’enraciner. Les notions de patrimoine historique et de provenance encouragent aussi le retour des documents de l’Anfal au Kurdistan iraquien.
Other Publications

The Iraqi Secret Police Files: A Documentary Record of the Anfal Genocide - Montgomery, Bruce P. (Archivaria, 2001)
Other Publications

Presidential Materials: Politics and the Presidential Records Act - Montgomery, Bruce (The American Archivist, 2003)
President George W. Bush's Executive Order No. 13,233, issued on 1 November 2001, marked the latest attempt by the executive branch to circumvent or otherwise nullify the key provisions of the Presidential Records Act. Congress passed the Presidential Records Act in 1978 in the wake of the Watergate scandals to assure public ownership and control over presidential materials. Nonetheless, starting with the presidency of Ronald Reagan, who was the first president to be covered by the act, the executive branch has repeatedly attacked the statute through various regulatory schemes and overly broad claims of executive privilege. Indeed, with their historical reputations and legacies at stake, presidents have never fully accepted the concept of yielding control over their presidential materials. This article reviews the troubling history of the Presidential Records Act and the implications of the latest attempts to restrict access to presidential papers.
Other Publications

Saddam Hussein's Records of Atrocity: Seizure, Removal, and Restitution - Montgomery, Bruce (The American Archivist, 2012)
Almost a decade following the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, most Iraqi state documents stemming from Saddam Hussein's regime remain in the possession of the United States. U.S. military forces seized the majority of them in the invasion and occupation for intelligence exploitation, approximately a hundred pages of records and thousands of audio- and videotapes from Hussein's various bureaucracies of repression. Another 5.5 million pages of secret police files chronicling Hussein's Anfal genocidal campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan in the middle to late 1980s also are in American hands. These were seized by Kurdish forces in the uprising in northern Iraq in March 1991 and removed by the Pentagon in 1992 and 1993 to American soil for safe storage and analysis. Moreover, in 2005, an additional seven million pages that once belonged to the Ba'ath Party and security forces were also spirited out of Iraq by military transport with the assistance of the Iraqi Memory Foundation, a private Washington, D.C.-based group that entered Iraq as an American defense contractor to preserve the records of Saddam Hussein's regime. Each of these various caches of state security documents has been removed from Iraq under highly unique circumstances as a result of internal rebellion and more than a decade of hostilities between the United States and Iraq. This article examines the circumstances surrounding these removals, their custody and use, and the status and limits of the international laws of war regarding their capture and return.
Other Publications
Keywords: A&DwP website

Démocratie participative : une enquête inédite livre les enseignements du grand débat national - Monnery, Benjamin; Wolff, François-Charles (La Conversation, 2023)
Résultats d’une étude récente portant sur le grand débat national et les limites des consultations citoyennes en termes de représentativité.
France
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Citizenship; Democracy

Hommage à Brigitte Lainé (1942-2018) – Une juste parmi les justes - Mollier, Jean-Yves (Actualité du XIXe siècle, 2018)
Décédée le 2 novembre 2018, Brigitte Lainé n’était pas seulement l’archiviste en chef chargée du patrimoine aux Archives de Paris que beaucoup d’entre nous ont connue, mais une sorte d’Antigone des temps modernes. « Catho...
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

UK cannot ignore calls for slavery reparations, says leading UN judge - Mohdin, Aamna (The Guardian, 2023)
Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Slavery; UK news; United Nations; World news

'White Torture' documents Iran's notorious prison methods - Mohammadi, Nargers (dw.com, 2023)
Narges Mohammadi's book and documentary about the plight of imprisoned activists in Iran sheds light on human rights abuses suffered by those behind bars in the Islamic Republic.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Archives for Justice and Peace: The Project for the Recovery of Historical Memory (REMHI) and the National Reconciliation Commission (CNR) - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2023)
This project will digitize the REMHI collection, which documents the human rights violations resulting from armed conflict in Guatemala from 1973 into the 1990s.
Guatemala
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Digitizing Vulnerable Community-Held Archives of Human Rights in Colombia - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2023)
A survey of organizational Archives in Colombia to preserve history of human rights activism and document crimes against humanity.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Human Rights Publications from Memoria Abierta (Argentina) - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2024)
Memoria Abierta, a collective group of Argentinean human rights organizations (HROs), represents the struggle against historically repressive regimes during the late 20th century. During the last five decades, these organizations authored publications detailing their histories, promoting organizational events, and sharing social commentary. This collection reveals the work of human rights activism and traces the history of these organizations in Argentina.
Argentina
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Notes, Letters, Diaries, Posters and Pamphlets: Narrating Ideas of Indigeneity in Jharkhand, India - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2023)
The collection of Bishop Nirmal Minz in Jharkhand, India illuminates the struggle for justice, dignity, and human rights through the voices of marginalized writers.
India
Keywords: 2023-12 December

The Peruvian Peasant Confederation Archive: Rural and Indigenous Society, National Politics, and International Solidarity - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2024)
Since 1947 the Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP) has been active in defense of peasants and indigenous people. Their archive documents the organized efforts of rural and indigenous people in Peru during the 20th century, including the 1969 agrarian reform and the conflict with the Shining Path (1980-1992).
Peru
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Recuperative memory in Romanian post-Communist society - Mitroiu, Simona (Nationalities Papers, 2016)
This paper explores the idea of “recuperative memory” with respect to the process of coming to terms with the past after the fall of the Romanian Communist regime in 1989. Its method is to examine the mechanisms used by recuperative memory in order to re-appropriate the past and emphasize the inherently mediated and multifaceted nature of this process. Using various examples from oral testimonies, autobiographical writings, literary works, and cinema, the paper argues that the role of recuperative memory is not only to facilitate the process of coming to terms with the past, but also to offer the material necessary to sustain a viable politics of memory. This entails providing a platform for the intergenerational transmission of memory and knowledge for those who did not live under the Communist regime, filling in this way the intergenerational gap, despite the lack of political class engagement.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

TALKING ABOUT ROSE, PRISONER OF HISSÈNE HABRÉ. English subtitles - Miss Wasabi Films (2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Distortion of the Roma genocide and anti-Roma discrimination today - Míšková, Anna (IHRA, 2023)
To mark Roma Genocide Remembrance Day on 2 August, the IHRA shares this article by Anna Míšková, Chair of the IHRA Committee on the Genocide of the Roma.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-08 August

La OEA condena “sin objeciones” al régimen de Ortega y Murillo pese a los intentos de Brasil por “suavizar” la resolución - Miranda, Wilfredo (El País, 2023)
Los países miembros aprueban de forma unánime una resolución, a la que finalmente se sumó la delegación brasileña, que rechaza “la represión y la opresión persistente” en Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Doubts with headig

New inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura) - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Directrices para proyectos de digitalización de colecciones y fondos de dominio público, en particular para aquellos custodiados en bibliotecas y archivos - Ministerio de Cultura (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2002)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Plan national d'action pour la mise en œuvre des principes directeurs des Nations unies relatifs aux droits de l'Homme et aux entreprises - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (France Diplomatie - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères)
Les droits de l'Homme font partie des principes fondamentaux de la République française. La promotion des plus hauts standards de protection en la matière constitue un objectif fondamental de son action nationale, européenne et internationale.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Remotely Useful: Practical Lessons for Northern Community Archiving - Mills, Morgen; Turner, Mark David (Council on Library and Information Resources, 2023)
Remotely Useful pioneers a first-of-its-kind guide, bridging the gap between the archival field and the day-to-day concerns of preserving cultural and community records in the North–encompassing the upper latitudes of Canada and the United States. These Arctic and Subarctic regions are on the front lines of the climate crisis, making the urgent documentation and preservation of their histories, traditions, and ecological knowledge vital before they are lost or altered forever.
Northern America
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Artic; Artic Circle; Canada; Northern Europe; United States of America

Germany tried to make amends for Namibian genocide. It didn’t work. - Miller Llana, Sara; Chu, Lenora; Stetson Freeman, Melanie (CSMonitor.com, 2023)
The genocide, carried out by Germans between 1904 and 1908 when they controlled the colony of South West Africa, was directed at the Herero and Nama people of modern-day Namibia. Germans have grappled with issues around reparations for the Holocaust for decades, too few Germans even know what happened during colonial rule in Africa – a space overshadowed by the violent historic acts of France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
Namibia
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Touchstones: Considering the Relationship between Memory and Archives - Millar, Laura (Archivaria, 2006)
This paper considers the relationship between memory and archives by exploring the concepts of individual and collective memory and by examining the processes involved with creating, capturing, storing, and retrieving memories. The author considers the metaphor of archives as memory and relates our perception of memory to our understanding of the creation, preservation, and use of records and archives. She demonstrates that individual and collective memory represent only a fragment of life events and she reflects on the emotional, temporal, and political realities that affect what we remember and how. She concludes that records and archives are not in themselves “memories” but only touchstones upon which memories may be retrieved, preserved, and articulated. RÉSUMÉCe texte examine le lien entre la mémoire et les archives en explorant les concepts de la mémoire individuelle et collective et en analysant les processus associés à la création, la saisie, la sauvegarde et le repérage des souvenirs. L’auteure sonde la métaphore des archives comme mémoire, puis elle lie notre perception de la mémoire à une connaissance de la création, de la préservation et de l’usage des documents et des archives. Elle montre que la mémoire individuelle et collective ne représente qu’un fragment des événements d’une vie donnée et elle considère les réalités émotives, temporelles et politiques qui influent sur ce dont on se souvient et comment l’on y parvient. Elle conclue que les documents et les archives ne sont pas d’euxmêmes des « souvenirs », mais qu’ils sont plutôt des balises sur lesquels l’on peut retrouver, préserver et articuler des souvenirs.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

"Álvaro Uribe y Juan Manuel Santos son los que deberían estar aquí pidiendo perdón por el asesinato de mi hijo": Rubiela Giraldo, madre de una de las víctimas de los falsos positivos - Millán Valencia, Alejandro (BBC News Mundo, 2023)
Esta semana el gobierno colombiano realizó un acto de petición de perdón público por la muerte de miles de jóvenes que fueron ejecutados extrajudicialmente por el ejército.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Handbuch Transitional Justice: Aufarbeitung von Unrecht - hin zur Rechtsstaatlichkeit und Demokratie - Mihr, Anja; Pickel, Gert; Pickel, Susanne (Springer Fachmedien, 2018)
Dieses Handbuch ist eine systematische und methodische Einführung in das Thema Transitional Justice, das bislang vor allem durch Länderstudien zur
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

'Israel destroyed Central Archives of Gaza City': Head of Gaza Municipality - Middle East Monitor (Middle East Monitor, 2023)
The head of Gaza Municipality said that Israel destroyed the “Central Archives” which contained thousands of historical documents dating more than 150 years.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Guerra Israel - Hamás: las cifras récord de muertes y devastación que dejó el primer mes de conflicto - Mhadhbi, Amira (BBC Arabic, 2023)
Miles de muertos, centenares de secuestrados, millones de desplazados. El conflicto en marcha entre Israel y Hamás ha causado daños enormes y está afectando el acceso a recursos esenciales como el agua.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Guerra Israel - Hamás: las cifras récord de muertes y devastación que dejó el primer mes de conflicto - Mhadhbi, Amira (BBC Arabic, 2023)
Miles de muertos, centenares de secuestrados, millones de desplazados. El conflicto en marcha entre Israel y Hamás ha causado daños enormes y está afectando el acceso a recursos esenciales como el agua.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Disinformation fuels church protest against gender equality in North Macedonia - Metamorphosis Foundation (Global Voices, 2023)
The iconography of June 29 protest, organized by Macedonian Orthodox Church and right-wing political parties, included religious and nationalist symbols, Russian flags and participation by pro-Kremlin politicians and associations.
North Macedonia
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Archivos y Derechos Humanos: los documentos de la CVR - Mendoza, Navarro; A´lda, Luz (Centro estratégico para el Desarrollo Empresarial, serie archivística, 2006)
Other Publications

Resumen del Acuerdo de Paz - Melo, Jorge Orlando (Revista de Economía Institucional, 2016)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

A Wartime Case for Information Integrity - Melissa Fleming (LinkedIn, 2023)
The fog of war is driving the spread of hate and lies online — resulting in dangerous errors with real-time, real-world consequences. The case for information integrity has rarely been more compelling, or more urgent.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Más allá del comienzo: el movimiento por los Planes Nacionales de Acción en materia de empresas y derechos humanos - Mehra, Amol (Aportes DHLF, 2015)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

A Desperate Call from the Cold Crematorium - Meerwald, Johannes (2023)
This podcast talk about a letter dated 23 April 1945, from a man called Hans Frölicher to the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs. Hans Frölicher was the Swiss ambassador to Germany during World War II. The official letter starts: ”I have the honour to enclose a copy of a communication that was secretly delivered to the Consulate General in Munich/Rottach-Egern."
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 November; World War II

Erfurt in Germany was Home to a Vibrant Jewish Community Annihilated in 1349 - Medieval Histories (Medieval Histories, 2023)
Since the Middle Ages, Erfurt in Germany was home to several well-documented Jewish communities. Each wiped out by pogroms followed by the holocaust, the city tells a horrifying history.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-08 August

The World remembers the Nanjing Massacre on anniversary as new evidence continues to surface - Media OutReach Newswire (Zawya, 2023)
An American pawnshop owner donated an album containing photos of atrocities committed by the Japanese Army in World War II in China, updating the complete electronic archive of the album.
China
Keywords: 2023-12 December

The European Convention on Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic - McQuigg, Ronagh J.A. (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
This book provides detailed analysis of the applicability of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, a substantial number of complaints concerning such issues have been made to the Court. Human rights claims in the context of the pandemic fall into two broad categories: those based on arguments that states did not put in place sufficient measures to protect individuals from the virus and those entailing arguments that the measures put in place themselves involved breaches of rights.
Europe
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms - McQue, Katie (The Guardian, 2024)
Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Children; Facebook; Instagram; Meta; Sexual harassment; Social networking; Technology; US news

Teaching an Old Genre New Tricks: The Diary on the Internet - Mcneill, Laurie (Biography, 2003)
This article examines the diary's transformation from print culture practice to online phenomenon, considering the implications of this change for the diary as a literary genre and as life writing. This discussion explores the challenges the online diary represents to traditional concepts of the genre as private and monologic, investigating the ways in which online diarists attract readers, build communities, and create identities in cyberspace.
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights

Settler colonialism is not distinctly Western or European - McNamee, Lacklan (Aeon, 2023)
Displacing and destroying peoples by colonisation is not just a historical Western evil but a global and contemporary one
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Trans-Inclusive Culture: Guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations | Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) - McLeod, Suzanne; Sandell, Richard; Cowan, Sharon; Scott, E.J.; Cuzzola, Cesare; Plumb, Sarah (Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG). University of Leicester, 2023)
In the context of growing uncertainty and anxiety surrounding trans-inclusive practice in the cultural sector, the University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) – working with a team of legal scholars and experts in inclusion, equality and ethics – has developed comprehensive guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations. The book is downloadable for free.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

How Israeli settler violence is forcing Palestinians to flee their homes – video - McKernan, Bethan; Evangelou, Kyri; Doran, Temujin (The Guardian, 2023)
After weeks of intense settler violence in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, and despite the decades-long fight to remain in their homes, these communities are now being forced off their land.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories

Resetting Relationships: Archives and Indigenous Human Rights in Australia - McKemmish, Sue; Iacovino, Livia; Ketelaar, Eric; Castan, Melissa; Russell, Lynette (Archives and Manuscripts)
This paper provides an analysis of the Indigenous human rights agenda and identifies its relevance to Australian archivists.1 Based on this analysis and exploration of how far existing archival programs address archives-related Indigenous human rights issues, it presents a road map and action agenda for realising Indigenous cultural rights in records and archives, and embedding Indigenous human rights in the professional responsibilities, culture and practices of the Australian archival and records community. The analysis, road map and action agenda provide guidance for the Australian archival and records community working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The paper is based in part on the findings of the 2004-08 Trust and Technology Project, a collaborative research partnership funded by the Australian Research Council and involving Public Record Office Victoria, Koorie Heritage Trust Inc., Koorie Records Task Force, the Indigenous Issues Special Interest Group of the Australian Society of Archivists, and Monash University. It also draws on analysis and synthesis of the main themes and issues presented and discussed at a pre-conference workshop at the 2010 Australian Society of Archivists Conference in Melbourne, Archives and Indigenous Human Rights (AIHR): Towards an understanding of the archival and recordkeeping implications of Australian and international human rights for Indigenous Australians.2 The paper also references relevant sections of an Australian guide to implementing the 2007 United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recently issued by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).3 Implementation of an Indigenous human rights action agenda by the Australian archival community would represent a fitting response to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda's rallying call for a resetting of relationships between archival and Indigenous communities, involving the active participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in archive and recordkeeping systems.
Other Publications

How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S. - McIntyre, Gavin, Jennifer Berry Hawes (ProPublica, 2023)
Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Slavery

Meet Bonnie Lysyk, the author of the bombshell report on Ontario’s Greenbelt and developer influence - McIntosh, Emma; Syed, Fatima (The Narwhal, 2023)
The outgoing Ontario auditor general sat down with The Narwhal for an exit interview about her decade of environmental oversight, what her critics say behind closed doors and the possibility of another Greenbelt report
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Ontario

Ontario’s information watchdog is considering ‘potential next steps’ on alleged deleted Greenbelt emails - McIntosh, Emma (The Narwhal, 2023)
An audit found political staffers in the Ontario government allegedly deleted records and used personal emails during interactions with development lobbyists
Canada
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Government; Ontario

Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet’s brutal coup - McGowan, Charis (Al Jazeera, 2023)
A half-century on, the country struggles with revisionism and denial as survivors continue their quest for justice.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-09 September; anniversary; dictatorship; forced disappearance

Anger in Japan as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised - McCurry, Justin (The Guardian, 2023)
Between 1948 and 1996, about 16,500 people were operated on without their consent under a eugenics law, triggering long campaign for redress.
Japan
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Asia Pacific; Japan; World news

Decolonial Archival Futures - McCracken, Krista; Hogan-Stacey, Skylee-Storm (ALA Neal-Schuman, 2023)
Providing examples of successful approaches to unsettling Western archival paradigms from Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, this book showcases vital community archival work that will illuminate decolonial archival practices for archivists, curators, heritage practitioners, and others responsible for the stewardship of materials by and about Indigenous communities.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Australia; Canada; Colonisation; Community Based Archival Description; New Zealand; Protocols; Provenance; UNDRIP; United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People; United States of America

Māori ancestral remains and mummified heads returned to New Zealand from Germany - McClure, Tess (The Guardian, 2023)
Remains of 95 ancestors, including six toi moko or tattooed heads, brought home in a move Māori leaders described as ‘healing’.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-06 June; New Zealand

By opening up the archives, Canada can finally address its past with Nazi war criminals - McBride, Jared; Rudling, Per (Globe and Mail, 2024)
In Canada, attempts to access records containing information on potential war criminals have been stymied by privacy and national security restrictions. Given the poor record of dealing with Holocaust perpetrators, scholars are now calling for widespread disclosure and declassification of records—comparable with that of the United States—so that Canada can finally address this troubling aspect of its past.
Canada
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Judging the Past in Unified Germany - McAdams, A. James (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
In recent years, no modern democracy has taken more aggressive steps to come to terms with a legacy of dictatorship than has the Federal Republic of Germany with the crimes and injustices of Communist East Germany. In this book, A. James McAdams provides a comprehensive and engaging examination of the four most prominent instances of this policy: criminal trials for the killings at the Berlin Wall; the disqualification of administrative personnel for secret-police ties; parliamentary truth-telling commissions; and private property restitution. On the basis of extensive interviews in Bonn and Berlin over the 1990s, McAdams gives new insight into the difficulties German politicians, judges, bureaucrats, and public officials faced sitting in judgment on the affairs of another state. He argues provocatively that the success of their policies must be measured in terms of the way they used East German history to justify their actions. In 1997, A. James McAdams was awarded the DAAD Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in German Studies. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and International Studies at University of Notre Dame, in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is the author of East Germany and Détente (Cambridge University Press, 1985), Germany Divided: From the Wall to Reunification (Princeton University Press, 1992), and co-author of Rebirth: A Political History of Europe Since World War II (Westview Press, 1999). McAdams is also editor of Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law in New Democracies (University of Notre Dame Press, 1997).
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021); Archives and Human Rights