P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Roth, Hans Ingvar (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the world's best-known and most translated documents. When it was presented to the United Nations General Assembly in December in 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt, chair of the writing group, called it a new "Magna Carta for all mankind." The passage of time has shown Roosevelt to have been largely correct in her prediction as to the declaration's importance. No other document in the world today can claim a comparable standing in the international community. Roosevelt and French legal expert René Cassin have often been represented as the principal authors of the declaration. But in fact, it resulted from a collaborative effort involving a number of individuals in different capacities. One of the declaration's most important authors was the vice chairman of the Human Rights Commission, Peng Chun Chang (1892-1957), a Chinese diplomat and philosopher whose contribution has been the focus of growing attention in recent years. Indeed, it is Chang who deserves the credit for the universality and religious ecumenism that are now regarded as the declaration's defining features. Despite this, Chang's extraordinary contribution has been overlooked by historians. Peng Chun Chang was a modern-day Renaissance man-teacher, scholar, university chancellor, playwright, diplomat, and politician. A true cosmopolitan, he was deeply involved in the cultural exchange between East and West, and the dramatic events of his life left a profound mark on his intellectual and political work. P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the first biography of this extraordinary actor on the world stage, who belonged to the same generation as Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. Drawing on previously unknown sources, it casts new light on Chang's multifaceted life and involvement with one of modern history's most important documents.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Treading the ground of contested memory: archivists and the human rights movement in Chile - Strauss, Amanda (Archival Science, 2015)
This article proposes a new definition of social justice that is based in liberation theology. It questions the relationship between archival practice and social justice and asks how (and whether) social justice can (or should be) a transformative force in the archival profession. These theoretical questions are examined through a case study of human rights archives. The author travelled to Chile in December 2011 to interview archivists and human rights activists and visit human rights archives, museums, and memorials. The article identifies three archival processes by which archivists in Chile engage in social justice activism: the act of documenting human rights violations that dictator Augusto Pinochet perpetrated during his rule from 1973 to 1990; by continually acquiring new documents that bear witness to these violations; and by providing, indeed encouraging and promoting, access to these materials. The article argues that the way that human rights archivists carry out these archival processes allows the community to participate in building both the archives and the memory of the dictatorship. It concludes by stating that this connection between the archives and the community is one of the primary ways in which social justice can be integrated into the archival profession.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Chile; Human rights; Liberation theology; Memory; Social justice

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-12 (December) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)
Keywords: There are 2 links for Dec'15.

The Trial of Hissène Habré - A Senegalese Merchant Testifies - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

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.
Keywords: A&DwP website

“Justice delayed is justice denied”: Records management and the travesty of justice in South Africa - Makhubela, Salmon; Ngoepe, Mpho (Records Management Journal, 2015)
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the cases of “delayed and denied” justice that resulted from a lack of or poor record-keeping in the South African courts and police service with a view to encouraging proper records management. Proper records management plays a significant role in supporting the justice system. Records provide the critical evidence that a particular action or transaction took place and can be used as evidence in a court of law. Without reliable and authentic records, government cannot administer justice and, as a result, offenders can be set free while the victims are denied justice. Design/methodology/approach – Utilising content analysis, this study extracted print media articles (2000-2012) relating to the “records and justice system” from the South African Media database, which is one of the databases hosted by the South African Bibliographic and Information Network. The study selected cases reported in the media to conduct follow-up interviews with a policeman, lawyer and judge to discover the implications of the unavailability of required records in court cases. Furthermore, access was given to three selected cases that were given high profile in the media and these cases were analysed to find out what the final verdict in each case was. Findings – Results of the study suggest that some criminal cases were withdrawn due to missing dockets or cases not properly registered. In some instances, records were reconstructed, resulting in the travesty of justice. The study concludes by arguing that if records are not accounted for, lawyers, prosecutors and magistrates could dispute the authenticity of records. As a result, justice for victims would be delayed and ultimately denied while the perpetrators are freed. Research limitations/implications – The findings and recommendations of this study may go a long way in helping courts in South Africa to manage records properly to support the justice system. Furthermore, the study is a useful compilation of the importance of missing records for social purposes. Originality/value – In an attempt to show the role of records management in the administration of justice in South Africa, this study used a triangulation of data collection tools. This is a new attempt, especially in the South African context. Previous studies in southern Africa only looked at the management of records in supporting justice system.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Human rights; Justice; Record keeping; Records management; South Africa

Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary November 9, 2015 (AM) - Suga, Yoshihide (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO Speech by the head of the Japanese delegation - Hase, Hiroshi (Unesco, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-11 (November) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - United Nations (United Nations, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary October 13, 2015 (AM) - Suga, Yoshihide (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

China to set up database for Nanjing Massacre files after UNESCO listing - Global Times - Xinhua Published (Global Times, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

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

China hails UNESCO listing of Nanjing massacre files - Xinhua (China.org.cn, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

UNESCO listing of Nanjing massacre shows global consensus- China.org.cn - Xinhua (China.org.cn, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-10 (October) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

Why trade unions are declining - The Economist (The Economist, 2015)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Here comes the ... child bride? Despite legal restrictions, underage marriage persists in rural Egypt - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East - Fouad, Ahmed (Al-monitor.com, 2015)
Underage marriages are still widespread in some parts of Egypt as the judicial system has failed to prevent marriage officiants from taking bribes to perform illegal unions.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Here comes the ... child bride? Despite legal restrictions, underage marriage persists in rural Egypt - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East - Fouad, Ahmed (Al-monitor.com, 2015)
Underage marriages are still widespread in some parts of Egypt as the judicial system has failed to prevent marriage officiants from taking bribes to perform illegal unions.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape - Callimachi, Rukmini (The New York Times, 2015)
Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a recruiting tool.
Keywords: Human Rights Watch; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Human Trafficking; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS); Mosul (Iraq); References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Series; Sex Crimes; Sinjar (Iraq); Syria; Tal Afar (Iraq); Terrorism; Women and Girls; Yazidi (Religious Sect)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-08 (August) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-07 (July) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

Encoded Archival Description (EAD) - Society of American Archivists (Society of American Archivists, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), 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

The odd couple: why an apartheid activist joined forces with a murderer - Leun, Justine van der (The Guardian, 2015)
Madeleine Fullard leads a team of investigators searching South Africa for the remains of murdered activists. Eugene de Kock led the police squad that killed dozens of them. Could the two of them work together to solve the mystery of apartheid’s disappeared?
Keywords: ANC (African National Congress); Politics; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; South Africa

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-06 (June) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

How to make former aggressors repent through shaming and praising: the case of Sino-Japanese relations - Gustafsson, Karl (Global Affairs, 2015)
The past wrongdoings of states have received increased attention in recent years, resulting in calls for contrition and apologies. Most commentary has provided policy advice primarily on how former aggressors should handle such “history problems”. The present article, by contrast, draws on insights from research on recognition and ontological security to construct a framework for how external actors can use shaming and praising to influence the ways in which former aggressors deal with the past. The framework is illustrated in a brief case study of Sino-Japanese relations. Three main policy prescriptions are presented: (1) denial of the former aggressor's identity should be avoided; (2) shaming should instead take the form of suggesting that the former aggressor's behaviour is not in accordance with its self-identity; and (3) such shaming is likely to be more successful if it is accompanied by praise for the target.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Sino-Japanese relations; apologies; history problems; ontological security; recognition; shaming

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

Exclusive: The UK Has Just Unearthed New 'Top Secret' Colonial-Era Government Files - Engelhart, Katie (Vice, 2015)
The files, some labeled "Top Secret," could shed more light on abuses committed in British colonies during the heyday of the Empire, that successive governments have long kept hidden.
Keywords: Britain; British Empire; Colonialism; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; History; Migrated Archives; National Archives; References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights; Special Collections; VICE News; War and Conflict

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-05 (May) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

Indigenous peoples in Uganda: a review of the human rights situation of the Batwa People, the Benet People and Pastoralist Communities - United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda; Mount Elgon Benet Indigenous Ogiek Group; Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organisations; The Forest Peoples Programme (United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU), 2015)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Nanjing Massacre memorial sees record visitors on Tomb-Sweeping Day - China - Chinadaily.com.cn - Xinhua (China daily, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-04 (April) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - The Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

The Sino-Japanese battle for soft power: pitfalls and promises - Hagström, Linus (Global Affairs, 2015)
Beijing and Tokyo are currently involved in a zero-sum battle for soft power. Both governments are actively trying to shape how third party actors understand contested matters in their bilateral relationship. The dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands is the most obvious flashpoint in this ongoing struggle for hearts and minds. A soft power battle might seem like an innocent endeavour, but by entrenching enmity and legitimizing armed conflict, it might actually translate into one where hard power takes centre stage. Indeed, that the dissemination and entrenchment of affective identity narrative make violence seem normal, natural, realistic or perhaps even inevitable is the greatest danger associated with the ongoing Sino-Japanese dispute. However, if both parties were to agree to let the International Court of Justice settle their discord, the islands dispute could provide them with a chance to boost their respective soft power and lay the groundwork for a more peaceful order in East Asia. The article thus argues that the Sino-Japanese soft power battle contains both well-known pitfalls and a less well-known promise.
Keywords: China; Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands; Japan; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; identity; narrative; soft power

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-03 (March) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-02 (February) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

Chile: ICRC stores DNA in search for missing persons - ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross, 2015)
Alicia and Lorena are looking for answers. Some of their family went missing in Chile between 1973 and 1990 under the military regime. They are just two of the many people still struggling to find out what happened to relatives. As they search for truth and justice, they've given blood samples to help trace their missing relatives. The inclusion of DNA analyses in forensic practice means that their blood samples might help to find out what has happened to some of the disappeared.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Identity and recognition: remembering and forgetting the post-war in Sino-Japanese relations - Gustafsson, Karl (The Pacific Review, 2015)
In the 1990s, Japanese views of China were relatively positive. In the 2000s, however, views of China have deteriorated markedly and China has increasingly come to be seen as ‘anti-Japanese’. How can these developments, which took place despite increased economic interdependence, be understood? One seemingly obvious explanation is the occurrence of ‘anti-Japanese’ incidents in China since the mid-2000s. I suggest that these incidents per se do not fully explain the puzzle. Protests against other countries occasionally occur and may influence public opinion. Nonetheless, the interpretation of such events arguably determines their significance. Demonstrations may be seen as legitimate or spontaneous. If understood as denying recognition of an actor's self-identity, the causes of such incidents are likely to have considerably deeper and more severe consequences than what would otherwise be the case. Through an analysis of Japanese parliamentary debates and newspaper editorials, the paper demonstrates that the Chinese government has come to be seen as denying Japan's self-identity as a peaceful state that has provided China with substantial amounts of official development aid (ODA) during the post-war era. This is mainly because China teaches patriotic education, which is viewed as the root cause of ‘anti-Japanese’ incidents. China, then, is not regarded as ‘anti-Japanese’ merely because of protests against Japan and attacks on Japanese material interests but for denying a key component of Japan's self-image. Moreover, the analysis shows that explicit Chinese statements recognising Japan's self-identity have been highly praised in Japan. The article concludes that if China recognises Japan's self-understanding of its identity as peaceful, Japan is more likely to stick to this identity and act accordingly whereas Chinese denials of it might empower Japanese actors who seek to move away from this identity and ‘normalise’ Japan, for example, by revising the pacifist Article Nine of the Japanese constitution.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Sino-Japanese relations; anti-Japanism; identity; ontological security; recognition

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2015-01 (January) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2015)

From the Ashes of History Loss and Recovery of Archives and Libraries in Modern Latin America - Aguirre, Carlos; Villa-Flores, Javier (The University of North Carolina Press, 2015)
The formation, organization, and accessibility of archives and libraries are critical for the production of historical narratives. They contain the materials...
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Active encouragement of accessing archives: a prerequisite for democracy - Grut, Sara; Press, Maria (Comma, 2015)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

California Transparency in Supply Act - Harris, Kamala D. (California Department of Justice, 2015)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar - Takenaka, Akiko (University of Hawai'i Press, 2015)
This is the first extensive English-language study of Yasukuni Shrine as a war memorial. It explores the controversial shrine's role in waging war, promoting peace, honoring the dead, and, in particular, building Japan's modern national identity. It traces Yasukuni's history from its conceptualization in the final years of the Tokugawa period and Japan's wars of imperialism to the present. Author Akiko Takenaka departs from existing scholarship on Yasukuni by considering various themes important to the study of war and its legacies through a chronological and thematic survey of the shrine, emphasizing the spatial practices that took place both at the shrine and at regional sites associated with it over the last 150 years. Rather than treat Yasukuni as a single, unchanging ideological entity, she takes into account the social and political milieu, maps out gradual transformations in both its events and rituals, and explicates the ideas that the shrine symbolizes. Takenaka illuminates the ways the shrine's spaces were used during wartime, most notably in her reconstructions, based on primary sources, of visits by war-bereaved military families to the shrine during the Asia-Pacific War. She also traces important episodes in Yasukuni's postwar history, including the filing of lawsuits against the shrine and recent attempts to reinvent it for the twenty-first century. Through a careful analysis of the shrine's history over one and a half centuries, her work views the making and unmaking of a modern militaristic Japan through the lens of Yasukuni Shrine. Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan's Unending Postwar is a skilled and innovative examination of modern and contemporary Japan's engagement with the critical issues of war, empire, and memory. It will be of particular interest to readers of Japanese history and culture as well as those who follow current affairs and foreign relations in East Asia. Its discussion of spatial practices in the life of monuments and the political use of images, media, and museum exhibits will find a welcome audience among those engaged in memory, visual culture, and media studies.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

State of the Archives: An Analysis of South Africa’s National Archival System, 2014 - The Archival Platform (The Archival Platform, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

United Nations Congresses on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. 60 years of achievement - United Nations (United Nations, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict states: archives (United Nations, 2015)
Keywords: Archival resources; Archives; Crimes against humanity; Law and legislation; Postwar reconstruction; Public records; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Rule of law; Transitional justice

Brazil Truth Commission Releases Report - The National Security Archive (The National Security Archive, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Agreement between the United States of America and France, Claims and Dispute Resolution, TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 15-1101 - Department of State - United States of America (Department of State - United States of America, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Transborder access to data and jurisdiction: Options for further action by the T-CY - Ad-hoc Subgroup on Transborder Access and Jurisdiction (Council of Europe, 2014)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-12 (December) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-11 (November) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

Reclaiming erased lives: archives, records and memories in post-war Bosnia and the Bosnian diaspora - Halilovich, Hariz (Archival Science, 2014)
In this paper, based on conventional and digital ethnography, I first identify three dominant research areas relating to the issues of destruction, use and abuse of archives and records in post-war Bosnia, and discuss their legal, political and ethical dimensions. I then go on to present two ethnographies describing how survivors of ‘ethnic cleansing’ and genocide in Bosnia and in the Bosnian refugee diaspora perceive, experience and deal with missing personal records and material evidence of their histories, as well as how they (re)create their own archives and memories, and in the process reassert their ‘erased’ identities in both real and cyber space. This paper also describes how contemporary technologies—including biomedical technology and information and communication technology—impact the reconstruction of individual and collective identities in shattered Bosnian families and communities in the aftermath of genocide. The ethnographies described point to the novel contribution that these technologies have made to re-humanising both those who perished and the survivors of the war in Bosnia.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Archives; Bosnia; Cyber villages; DNA; Diaspora; Genocide

Antonyms of our remembering - Harris, Verne (Archival Science, 2014)
There are strong dominant discourses across the intersecting spacings of transitional justice, ‘human rights archives’, and reckoning with the past. The power of these discourses can close down non-orthodox perspectives and fresh lines of enquiry. The dual goals of the paper are to identify such lines of enquiry and tease out loose threads in the dominant discourses. The result is a provocation ranging from the experiences of the Nelson Mandela Foundation to the work of deconstruction, from queer theory to legal scholarship, and from personal narrative to documentary film-making. The paper is at once a troubling of dominant discourses and a play with the antonyms of remembering in these discourses.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Community; Deconstruction; Healing; Memory; Spectrality; Transitional justice; Truth commissions

Break the rules, save the records: human rights archives and the search for justice in East Timor - Robinson, Geoffrey (Archival Science, 2014)
How do distinctive historical experiences and political regimes shape human rights archives? How do those archives and those experiences in turn influence the way painful pasts are remembered or forgotten? And what can historical accounts tell us about the wisdom of prevailing norms and practices regarding the management and control of human rights records? This paper explores these questions through a close analysis of the history and politics of the principal archive documenting human rights abuse in East Timor. It underscores the work of archival studies scholars who argue that human rights archives are always in some degree shaped by the historical and political context in which they emerge and that conflicts over matters of content, mandate, and rules of access are virtually inevitable. Noting that such conflicts typically pit political authorities against victims and their advocates, it argues that successful human rights archival programs hinge critically on sensitive historical and political analysis and that, under certain conditions, human rights archivists should play a more active role in facilitating the pursuit of justice for victims of human rights abuse. It also makes the case for a move away from large, state-controlled archives toward multiple, smaller archives with varied mandates. Finally, it proposes the adoption of a new hierarchy of interest in the management of archives; away from the long-accepted principles of national sovereignty and inalienability, and in the direction of access to the survivors of human rights violations and their advocates.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Archives; East Timor; Human rights; Inalienability; Justice; National interest; Records; Secrecy; Security; Timor Leste; Truth commissions

Stories for Hope–Rwanda: a psychological–archival collaboration to promote healing and cultural continuity through intergenerational dialogue - Wallace, David A.; Pasick, Patricia; Berman, Zoe; Weber, Ella (Archival Science, 2014)
Can archives help heal and extend the benefit of therapeutic interventions in a post-genocide environment? We sought to probe this question through an uncommon collaborative documentation and research project linking psychology and archival science: Stories for Hope–Rwanda (SFH). This intergenerational dialogue project between youth and elder pairs in post-genocide Rwanda draws upon a collective narrative model from psychology and both community and participatory models from archives. The paper reports on three aspects of this endeavor: (1) description of SFH as a process of dialogue generation and archiving; (2) content analysis of the knowledge post-genocide youth sought from their elders; and (3) a qualitative evaluation of what benefits youth and elder pairs reported 6–12 months after their dialogue session, including how participants made use of a personal copy of their dialogue and their decision making and perceptions on making their dialogues more widely available. Specifically, we wanted to know whether psychological benefits would accrue if the silences about genocide could be breached by intergenerational dialogues and whether audio recordings of the dialogues archived for personal, national, and international use could motivate youths and elders over the hurdle of silence and extend the benefits of the dialogues to others. In contrast to interview-driven genocide testimonies, each youth asked an elder to answer some burning questions about the past. In response, elders were directed to share personal, true, and positively helpful stories from their past experiences. Through these efforts, SFH consciously sought to democratize the creation, control, custody, and access to the archive resulting from the recorded dialogues. Based on our analysis, we found that youth were eager to learn most about the genocide (causes, prevention, and stories of loss and survival), followed by family history, marriage, Rwandan culture, living as an orphan, and strategies for forgiveness and reconciliation. We also found that the archival component of the project significantly contributed to both the motivation for participation and the extent of participants’ healing. We conclude that this approach can be productively expanded to other post-conflict and post-genocide communities where silence about a traumatic past reigns triumphant and undermines the ability of youth to map a positive future.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Community archiving; Genocide; Participatory archiving; Psychology; Rwanda; Trauma

Mobilizing records: re-framing archival description to support human rights - Wood, Stacy; Carbone, Kathy; Cifor, Marika; Gilliland, Anne; Punzalan, Ricardo (Archival Science, 2014)
This article seeks to raise consciousness within the field of archival studies in order to foster a generative discussion about how descriptive practices might be expanded, approached differently, or completely rethought. It brings together crosscutting theoretical issues and provides practical examples of mediation in order to mobilize these records in support of human rights work. It first problematizes the foundational archival precept of respect des fonds and its sub-principles of original order and provenance. It then analyzes the necessary transformation of institutional policies and standards in order to foster trust and transparency and identifies structural or system wide strategies for ameliorating past abuses.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Archival description; Archival education; Archival theory; Human rights

Defining human rights archives: introduction to the special double issue on archives and human rights - Caswell, Michelle (Archival Science, 2014)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Archiving justice: conceptualizing the archives of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - Kaye, David (Archival Science, 2014)
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will complete its proceedings over the coming years, leaving behind an enormous collection of records. The ICTY archive provides a record of conviction and acquittal, prosecution case and defense response – a vast series of contested facts and arguments. The ICTY winds down with a decidedly mixed reputation, especially among the communities of the Balkans, doing damage to the already-discredited idea of a Tribunal capable of aiding the processes of reconciliation. And yet the UN still speaks of the reconciliatory purposes the ICTY archives may serve. Pursuing reconciliation, however, sets up the archive for failure. It would be better for those establishing the archives to focus on other, attainable goals, taking into account Martha Minow’s caution against judicial records that merely “speak for themselves” (1998). This essay provides historical context for the development of the ICTY archives, outlining its two decades of work, and emphasizes the political context from and into which the archives will emerge.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Balkans; International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); International criminal courts; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Truth and reconciliation

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-10 (October) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-09 (September) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-08 (August) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT - Docket No. 14‐42‐cv ACLU v. Clapper - United States Court of Appeals (United States Court of Appeals, 2014)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence - de Greiff, Pablo (United Nations, 2014)
The Spanish Civil War and the 40 years of dictatorship that followed left a colossal aftermath in terms of victims of serious human rights and humanitarian law violations, including executions, torture, arbitrary detentions, disappearances, forced labour for prisoners and exile.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-07 (July) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary Wednesday, June 11, 2014 (AM) - Suga, Yoshihide (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-06 (June) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

Meet The Sámi Land Defenders of Scandinavia - Gualinga, Nina (Atmos, 2014)
Four Sami leaders and advocates speak with Nina Gualinga about their relationship to the land, and why the green transition is amounting to a new wave of colonization.

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-05 (May) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

Who owns the Jewish treasures that were hidden in Saddam Hussein's basement? - PBS News Hour (PBS NewsHour, 2014)
In 2013, Maurice Shohet, an Iraqi Jew who now lives in Washington, D.C., received a surprising email from the National Archives. A librarian had recovered his elementary school record that was left behind nearly 40 years ago when he and his family fled Iraq. The record is part of a cache of thousands of personal documents and religious texts that were found at the start of the Iraq War, drowning in the cellar of a building run by one of the world's most wanted men.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

The role of accessibility in a universal web - Henry, Shawn Lawton; Abou-Zahra, Shadi; Brewer, Judy (W4A '14: International Web for All Conference, 2014)
Universal design" is the process of creating products that are usable by people with the widest possible range of abilities, operating within the widest possible range of situations; whereas "accessibility" primarily refers to design for people with disabilities. While the focus of accessibility is disabilities, research and development in accessibility brings benefits to everyone, particularly users with situational limitations, including device limitations and environmental limitations. Awareness and understanding of the benefits of web accessibility to users without disabilities is growing in some areas with the rapid increase of web-enabled devices such as mobile phones, tablets, televisions, and more; with the increasing focus on the growing number of older web users; and with wider web reach in areas with high incidence of low literacy, low bandwidth, older technology, etc. Although there is significant overlap between designing for accessibility and designing for situational limitations, addressing one set of needs does not necessarily provide sufficient solutions for other needs. Keeping accessibility focused on disabilities encourages research and development on meeting the specific needs of people with disabilities. This communications paper explains the importance of "accessibility" continuing to focus on people with disabilities, while further integrating accessibility with web design, development, and research in other areas, including those covered under universal design and design for all. It also describes how the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) are working to address accessibility and related user needs throughout the technologies of the Web, and invites all interested parties to participate in research and development to further integrate accessibility for people with disabilities in ways that benefit all.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-04 (April) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-03 (March) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

Principles of Access to Archives Technical Guidance on Managing Archives with Restrictions - International Council on Archives (International Council on Archives, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-02 (February) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/456/Add.2)] 68/165. Right to the truth - United Nations (United Nations, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Memory Politics and Ontological Security in Sino-Japanese Relations - Gustafsson, Karl (Asian Studies Review, 2014)
Most international relations (IR) research on the role of collective memory and representations of the past gives the impression that these primarily matter for states constrained internationally by their history as aggressors, such as Japan. How former perpetrator states represent the past is seen as important for bilateral relations because it may affect perceptions in previously victimised states. Representations of the past in the victimised states are seldom dealt with. This article argues that war memory in victimised states is also highly relevant for bilateral relations, since it is closely connected to “ontological security”, or the “security of identity”. By analysing Chinese ofﬁcial documents and Japanese parliamentary debates the article shows how the Chinese government has used representations of the past for ontological security purposes, and how in response Japanese political actors have politicised exhibits at Chinese war museums that are seen as a threat to Japanese identity and interests.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2014-01 (January) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2014)

The "European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret Police Files”: A Reader on the Legal Foundations, Structures and Activities (BStU, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

The Admissibility of Business Records as Legal Evidence: A Review of the Business Records Exception to the Hearsay Rule in Canada - Force, Donald C. (Archivaria, 2014)
Records professionals play an important role in increasing the likelihood that business records will be admitted as evidence. This article discusses the business records exception to the hearsay rule and the ways in which business records may be tendered as evidence in Canada. By reviewing Canadian case law, the author examines several criteria that could contribute to a judge’s decision to admit a business record as evidence and identifies ways that records professionals can help their organization satisfy each of the criteria. It is argued that the act of sound and structured recordkeeping helps an organization increase the likelihood that its business records will be admitted as evidence. RÉSUMÉ Les spécialistes en gestion de l’information jouent un rôle important afin d’augmenter la probabilité que les documents d’archives des entreprises soient admis comme preuves. Cet article discute du cas des documents d’archives des entreprises comme exception à la règle et il examine les façons dont ils peuvent être mis en adjudication au Canada. En faisant l’étude de la jurisprudence canadienne, l’auteur examine plusieurs critères qui pourraient contribuer à la décision d’un juge d’admettre comme preuve un document d’archives d’entreprise et il identifie les façons dont les spécialistes en gestion de l’information peuvent venir en aide à leur organisation en satisfaisant à chacun de ces critères. L’auteur affirme qu’une gestion des documents solide et structurée permet à une institution d’augmenter la probabilité que ses documents d’archives d’entreprise soient admis comme preuve.
Keywords: A&DwP website

Is China's Discursive Power Increasing? The "Power of the Past" in Sino-Japanese Relations - Gustafsson, Karl (Asian Perspective, 2014)
The idea that China's rise, and more specifically its increased material capabilities, are about to produce a power shift in East Asia raises the question whether the Chinese government's ability to produce effects through discursive power has also increased. The government's use of discourses about China's war against Japan is a conspicuous example of attempts to exercise discursive power. Has China's ability to use the past for political purposes increased as its material capabilities have grown? To answer this question, I theorize on the use of discourses about the past on three levels-domestic, bilateral, and international. My analysis demonstrates that notwithstanding its increased material capabilities, the Chinese government's discursive power has actually decreased.
Keywords: Collective memory; Economic growth; Identity; International relations; Ontology; Political Science; Political Science--International Relations; Political power; Politics; Power; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Studies

The Communist Regime in Romania: Interpretation or Condemnation? - Iacob, Bogdan C. (Sudosteuropa Mitteilungen, 2014)
The article analyses the second life of the concept of genocide In public, scholarly and legal post-2006 discourses about how to deal with the communist past In Romania. It counterpoises such problematic radical condemnations with recent developments In local historical studies. The contribution focuses on a new generation of historians (In their thirties and early forties), exemplifying these approaches by discussing novel studies about repression, Institutions and biographies. It argues that the employment of the term genocide on the one hand reflects specific traditions of public, scholarly and legal narratives about the communist regime. On the other hand, It highlights the ambiguity and misrepresentation of historical phenomena concerning the period from 1945 to 1989 in Romania. Such overbearing denunciatory attitudes potentially obfuscate the complexities and varieties of the past. Benefiting from a genuine archival revolution after 2007, young historians counterbalance opaque, uncritical narratives of victimization with a renewed will for Interpretation and revision. Adapted from the source document.
Keywords: Attitudes; Communists; Genocide; Historians; Narratives; Radicalism; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Repression (Political); Revolutions; Romania

BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITY: THE STASI LEGACY IN GERMAN HISTORY - Jarausch, Konrad (GHI Bulletin Supplement, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-12 (December) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

First, Do No Harm: The US Sexually Transmitted Disease Experiments in Guatemala - Rodriguez, Michael A.; García, Robert (American Journal of Public Health, 2013)
Beginning in 1946, the United States government immorally and unethically—and, arguably, illegally—engaged in research experiments in which more than 5000 uninformed and unconsenting Guatemalan people were intentionally infected with bacteria that cause sexually transmitted diseases. Many have been left untreated to the present day., Although US President Barack Obama apologized in 2010, and although the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues found the Guatemalan experiments morally wrong, little if anything has been done to compensate the victims and their families., We explore the backdrop for this unethical medical research and violation of human rights and call for steps the United States should take to provide relief and compensation to Guatemala and its people.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-11 (November) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

Caribbean Nations to Seek Reparations, Putting Price on Damage of Slavery - Castle, Stephen (The New York Times, 2013)
Fourteen countries plan to compile an inventory of the harm caused by the slave trade and then demand an apology and reparations from the former colonial powers Britain, France and the Netherlands.
Keywords: Antigua and Barbuda; Caribbean Area; Castle, Stephen; France; Great Britain; Haiti; Netherlands; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Reparations; Slavery

Human Rights Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation - United Nations Human Rights (United Nations, 2013)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-10 (October) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-09 (September) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-08 (August) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

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

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-07 (July) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

Senegal: Obama Backs Hissène Habré Court - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2013)
President Barack Obama’s endorsement of Senegal’sefforts to bring to book the former Chadiandictator Hissène Habré is a recognition of the case’s importance for African justice.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

UK to compensate Kenya's Mau Mau torture victims - Press Association (The Guardian, 2013)
William Hague says payments totalling £19.9m represent 'full and final settlement' of action brought by five victims of torture
Keywords: Africa; Foreign policy; Kenya; Law; Mau Mau; Politics; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights; Torture; UK news; William Hague; World news

Evidence, memory, identity, and community: four shifting archival paradigms - Cook, Terry (Archival Science, 2013)
This essay argues that archival paradigms over the past 150 years have gone through four phases: from juridical legacy to cultural memory to societal engagement to community archiving. The archivist has been transformed, accordingly, from passive curator to active appraiser to societal mediator to community facilitator. The focus of archival thinking has moved from evidence to memory to identity and community, as the broader intellectual currents have changed from pre-modern to modern to postmodern to contemporary. Community archiving and digital realities offer possibilities for healing these disruptive and sometimes conflicting discourses within our profession.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Archival theory; Community archiving; Evidence; Memory; Paradigm shifts; Professional identity

Invoking “collective memory”: mapping the emergence of a concept in archival science - Jacobsen, Trond; Punzalan, Ricardo L.; Hedstrom, Margaret L. (Archival Science, 2013)
The concept of “collective” or “social” memory has assumed increasing prominence in the discourse of archivists over the past few decades. Archives are frequently characterized as crucial institutions of social memory, and many professional activities are considered forms of memory preservation. We present a systematic examination of the relationships between archives and collective memory as articulated in the English-language archival literature. We first identify the major themes regarding collective memory and categorize archival writings into four major threads. We then analyze citations extracted from 165 articles about collective memory published between 1980 and 2010 in four leading English-language archival studies journals. We identify the most influential scholars and publications and trace the evolution of the collective memory concept in that literature. By comparing the archival literature on collective memory to that indexed in Thomson’s Web of Science and in Google Scholar, we identify specific disciplines, authors, and works that archivists working on collective memory may find useful. We find that in general the archival literature on collective memory is fairly insular and self-referential and call on archivists to actively engage other disciplines when carrying out collective memory research.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Archives and memory; Citation analysis; Collective memory; Public memory; Social memory; Transdisciplinarity

Overcoming the apartheid legacy: the special case of the Freedom Charter - Dominy, Graham (Archival Science, 2013)
This paper outlines the construction of the ‘‘ofﬁcial’’ archives of the South African apartheid state and the distorted view they contain concerning social and political realities. Therefore, the colonial and apartheid legacies are examined in a broader context as an oppressive social and political system, as well as in the more speciﬁc context of how their legacy is reﬂected in the ofﬁcial archives. The development and popular endorsement of the Freedom Charter of 1955 was a seminal moment of challenge to the increasing oppression of the apartheid state. In later decades, the Freedom Charter became an iconic reference point in the antiapartheid struggle and the inspiration for the construction of a constitutional democracy in the 1990s. The process of its creation stands in stark contrast to the processes of creation of ofﬁcial records and archives. The paper also examines the survival of the Freedom Charter and the struggle to save it from auction in London and secure its safe passage to the National Archives of South Africa. Finally, questions of meaning and ideological signiﬁcance are asked in relation to the role of a National Archives in the current dominant historical narrative.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-06 (June) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

Judgement Volume 2 of 6 - United Nations (United Nations, 2013)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-05 (May) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-04 (April) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-03 (March) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-02 (February) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

Securing Police Archives. A Guide for Practitioners - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (Swisspeace, 2013)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2013-01 (January) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2013)

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.

Archives for a Peaceful Future: A Guidance Note for Working with the Archives of Truth Commissions in Dealing with the Past - Rubli, Sandra (Swisspeace, 2013)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-12 (December) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-11 (November) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

Overview: South African Human Rights Commission: PAIA 2011/12 annual report - Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, 2012)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

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.
Keywords: A&DwP website

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-10 (October) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

Fowl Play? A Look into Recent Canadian Reform Efforts for Backyard Chicken Legislation - Beyko, Heather (ABlawg, 2012)
By: Heather Beyko PDF Version: Fowl Play? A Look into Recent Canadian Reform Efforts for Backyard Chicken Legislation Case Commented On: R v Hughes, 2012 ABPC 250 The idea of local food sustainabil…
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

The economics and politics of international preservation collaborations: a Malian case study - Dong, Lorraine (Archival Science, 2012)
This paper examines four economic and political themes that are relevant to international heritage preservation and archives efforts. Collaborations that involve multiple players such as industrialized nations, international heritage organizations, and postcolonial or economically developing regions will inevitably be laden with sociopolitical and economic entanglements that affect preservation outcomes and modern cultural development. Drawing on the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project in Mali for context, the paper will first discuss the infrastructural limitations that limit the progress and sustainability of projects that seek to preserve and create greater access to cultural heritage. The second critical theme is the enduring legacy of colonialism and, more specifically, the multiple concepts in Africa regarding cultural and historical evidence. The third theme is the compromise between local and global development advocates, especially in terms of agreeing on access boundaries to cultural materials. The fourth theme is the dialogue that must take place between stakeholders, especially between the host communities and supporting entities. This paper posits that it is necessary to look at the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project and other heritage preservation and archives projects by their high-level commonalities and through deeply contextualized historical lenses in order to cogently discuss the social value of these multinational projects and to help plan future collaborative efforts.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Archives; Cultural heritage; Digitization; Mali; Preservation; Timbuktu

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-09 (September) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

Principles of Access to Archives - International Council on Archives (International Council on Archives, 2012)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development - Human Rights Council (United Nations, 2012)
This is the first annual report submitted to the Human Rights Council by the first Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of nonrecurrence, Pablo de Greiff.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Uganda: Forty Years After Idi Amin Expelled Asians - Ghosh, Palash R. (International Business Times, 2012)
The expulsion is largely forgotten today, except by the Ugandan Asians themselves and their descendants who have spread across the world
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-08 (August) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

Contribution of the United Nations system as a whole to the advancement of the business and human rights agenda and the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights - Human Rights Council (United Nations, 2012)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-07 (July) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

The practical power of human rights: how international human rights standards can inform archival and record keeping practices - Gooda, Mick (Archival Science, 2012)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is the preeminent international instrument elaborating on the rights of Indigenous peoples. It contains the minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous peoples all over the world. As a consequence, the Declaration provides a blueprint for Indigenous peoples, governments and other third parties around the world to respect the rights and roles of Indigenous peoples within society. At its core, the Declaration is based on the principles of self-determination, good faith and participation in decision-making. In this paper, I outline how the principles of the Declaration can and should influence archival and record keeping practices. I suggest we need to harness the practical power of human rights. In exercising our right to participate in decision-making, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can demonstrate this practical power. It is critical that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are substantive and major stakeholders in determining appropriate archival and record keeping processes for Indigenous culture, cultural property and knowledge.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Archives; Decision-making; Declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples; Human rights; Indigenous Australians; Self-determination

“Peace, order and good government”: archives in society - Wilson, Ian E. (Archival Science, 2012)
The phrase “peace, order and good government,” common to the definition of federal powers in both the Australian and the Canadian constitutions, has defined the relationship of the Crown and the citizen for more than five centuries. The archival record is fundamental to that relationship, providing its authoritative legal basis, documenting its evolution and continuing as a reminder of both our proudest achievements and our most dismal failures as a society. This paper reflects on the role of archives in recent Canadian human rights issues, highlighting both the strengths and the weaknesses of the record, the perception of archives as an agency of the state and the role of archives in helping society address highly contentious issues.
Keywords: A&DwP website; Canadian archives; Human rights; Indigenous human rights

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.
Keywords: A&DwP website

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-06 (June) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-05 (May) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-04 (April) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

Why the past matters : studying public administration in South Africa - Chipkin, I.; Meny-Gibert, S. (Journal of Public Administration, 2012)
The state of the public sector in South Africa is heavily influenced by particular histories of state administration related to the legacy of apartheid and the nature of the political transition to democracy. We suggest, however, that there is a paucity of scholarly work in the discipline of Public Administration which takes into account this legacy and the manner in which the public sector is embedded in broader social, political and economic relations. This has had significant consequences for the particular models of public administration adopted. In making our case for the importance of applying a historical lens to the study of the public sector, we draw on research on the incorporation of the former Bantustans into provincial government administration in South Africa.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-03 (March) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

ISO 16363:2012 Space data and information transfer systems — Audit and certification of trustworthy digital repositories - ISO (ISO, 2012)
ISO 16363:2012 defines a recommended practice for assessing the trustworthiness of digital repositories. It is applicable to the entire range of digital repositories. ISO 16363:2012 can be used as a basis for certification.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-02 (February) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2012-01 (January) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2012)

Research on Roma health and access to healthcare: state of the art and future challenges - Földes, Maria Eva; Covaci, Alina (International Journal of Public Health, 2012)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal) - International Court of Justice (icj-cij.org, 2012)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Application of ISAD(G) for Human Rights Archives. - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp; Human Rights working group (International Council on Archives. Conseil International des Archives., 2012)

Silence, Accessibility, and Reading Against the Grain: Examining Voices of the Marginalized in the India Office Records - Sowry, Nathan (InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 2012)
This paper deals with issues of power and silencing of the “Other” within colonial archives, particularly regarding British East India Company records of an attempted mutiny of Bengali sepoys and Javanese aristocrats in 1815, now housed in the India Office Records of the British Library. It recommends incorporating a postcolonial approach and reading records against the grain in order to recover these marginalized voices. The body of this paper is broken into three sections. The first section introduces the historical context of the attempted mutiny, questions the incomplete nature of archival and colonial records, and discusses the archivist’s responsibility to present as complete a record as possible. The second section discusses the introduction and importance of postmodern theory to the archival field. Particularly significant are arguments by practicing archivists who advocate reading records against the grain to recover voices of the marginalized, how this can be incorporated into archival practice, and the ensuing difficulties which may emerge. Finally, the third section discusses problems of access to colonial records such as those held in the India Office Records, and how the practices of digitization, international cooperation and preservation, and reading records against the grain are able to produce a plurality of voices.
Keywords: A&DwP website

A Conceptual Framework for Dealing with the Past - Holism in Principle and Practice - Swisspeace (Swisspeace, 2012)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Observers Observed: An Anthropologist under Surveillance - Verdery, Katherine (Anthropology Now, 2012)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

A Rising Tide: The Implications of Climate Change Inundation for Human Rights and State Sovereignty - Willcox, Susannah (Essex Human Rights Review, 2012)
Climate change has adverse implications for a wide range of human rights. Low-lying, socio-economically disadvantaged small island developing states are among those most vulnerable to climate change harms – including rising sea levels and extreme weather events – which threaten the habitability of their territory and the enjoyment of basic human rights, including the right to self-determination. Customary international law and international human rights law establish extraterritorial obligations with regard to the fulfilment of those economic, social, cultural and collective rights threatened by climate change inundation. However, the international legal framework has been constructed around a system of legal and political governance that is premised on state sovereignty and designed to mediate the vertical relationship between state and citizen. The disappearance of a low-lying small island state without an immediate successor has serious implications for statehood, sovereignty, self-determination and the protection of basic human rights. While this does not necessarily entail the abandonment of the human rights project as a response to climate change harms, it does require a re-conceptualisation of the existing human rights framework. The human rights regime must embrace forward-looking, trans-boundary mechanisms of monitoring and protection that no longer rely on the state as the central domain of moral concern, or risk becoming obsolete.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most vociferous Putin critic - BBC News (BBC News, 2011)
Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny was the main opposition threat to the Kremlin.

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-12 (December) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

The Archive in the Witness: Documentation in Settings of Chronic Insecurity - Riaño-Alcalá, Pilar; Baines, Erin (International Journal of Transitional Justice, 2011)
Abstract1. Through an exchange between members of community-based organizations that document human rights violations in northwest Colombia and northern Uganda

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-11 (November) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

ICA Human Rights Archives Directory - HRWG ICA (Human Rights Working Group - International Council on Archives) (Archivists Watch, 2011)
For some years now, the ICA Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has been trying to establish a directory of human rights archives from around the globe.  This summer, I began volunteering with the IC…
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

History - The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (Claims Conference, 2011)
A history of the Claims Conference since its founding in 1951 and the formation of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-10 (October) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

Saudi king gives women right to vote - Alsharif, Asma (Reuters, 2011)
Saudi Arabia's king announced on Sunday women would be given the right to vote and stand in elections, a bold shift in the ultra-conservative absolute monarchy as pressure for social and democratic reform sweeps the Middle East.
Keywords: KING; References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights; SAUDI; US; WOMEN

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-09 (September) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-08 (August) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

Appendix A to Part 74 - Declarations of Eligibility by Persons Identified by the Office of Redress Administration and Requests for Documentation - Code of Federal Regulations (govinfo.gov, 2011)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-07 (July) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-06 (June) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

Property Lost in Holocaust Is Cataloged Online - Kershner, Isabel (The New York Times, 2011)
The database, listing more than half a million pieces of property, is part of a new project, financed by the Israeli government, to harness technology in the struggle for restitution.
Keywords: Computers and the Internet; Holocaust and the Nazi Era; Israel; Jewish Agency for Israel; References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights; Reparations and Restitution

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-05 (May) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-04 (April) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

Report of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises - Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework - Ruggie, John (United Nations, 2011)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Toward an understanding of archives as a feature of collective memory - Josias, Anthea (Archival Science, 2011)
This paper reviews important aspects of the literature on collective memory, how some of these concerns have been expressed in archives, and contemplates how these issues relate to the politically transformative South African post-apartheid context. It highlights the erosion of boundaries between archives, museums, and other less-institutionalized memory projects in post-apartheid South Africa. It notes ways in which archival activity is taking place outside of traditional archives, as part of a changing and evolving memory landscape. It acknowledges the significant gaps in the written record that are a result of apartheid practices and cites different approaches that were overlooked by apartheid’s official archival systems. This paper offers a way of contemplating the ‘social constructedness’ of collective memory and the social and political dimensions of archives.
Keywords: Collective memory; Personal testimonies; Political transformation; Politics of memory; Social memory; South Africa

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-03 (March) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-02 (February) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2011-01 (January) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2011)

De Jure Statelessness in the Real World: Applying the Prato Summary Conclusions - Bingham, Laura; Harrington Reddy, Julia; Köhn, Sebastian (Open Society Foundations, 2011)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

De Jure Statelessness in the Real World: Applying the Prato Summary Conclusions - Bingham, Laura; Harrington Reddy, Julia; Köhn, Sebastian (Open Society Foundations, 2011)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen - Lauren, Paul Gordon (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011)
This widely acclaimed and highly regarded book, used extensively by students, scholars, policymakers, and activists, now appears in a new third edition. Focusing on the theme of visions seen by those who dreamed of what might be, Lauren explores the dramatic transformation of a world patterned by centuries of human rights abuses into a global community that now boldly proclaims that the way governments treat their own people is a matter of international concern-and sets the goal of human rights "for all peoples and all nations." He reveals the truly universal nature of this movement, places contemporary events within their broader historical contexts, and explains the relationship between individual cases and larger issues of human rights with insight. This new edition incorporates material from recently declassified documents and the most recent scholarship relating to the creation of the new Human Rights Council and its Universal Periodic Review, the International Criminal Court, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), terrorism and torture, the impact of globalization and modern technology, and activists in NGOs devoted to human rights. It provides perceptive assessments of the process of change, the power of visions and visionaries, politics and political will, and the evolving meanings of sovereignty, security, and human rights themselves.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Network of information and counter information on the military regime in Brazil (1964-1985) - Unesco (UNESCO, 2011)
UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in education, the sciences, culture and communication. UNESCO’s programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. Serving as a laboratory of ideas, UNESCO helps countries adopt international standards and manages programmes that foster the free flow of ideas and knowledge sharing. In this spirit, it develops educational tools to help people live as global citizens free of hate and intolerance. UNESCO works so that each child and citizen has access to quality education. By promoting cultural heritage and the equal dignity of all cultures, it strengthens bonds among nations. UNESCO fosters scientific programmes and policies that support development and cooperation. UNESCO stands up for freedom of expression, as a fundamental right and a key condition for democracy and development.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework - United Nations Human Rights (United Nations, 2011)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Securing the Communist State: The Reconstruction of Coercive Institutions in the Soviet Zone of Germany and Romania, 1944–1948 - Van De Grift, Liesbeth (Lexington Books, 2011)
From Berlin to Bucharest, from Warsaw to Sofia, Soviet tanks crossed national borders across East Central Europe at the end of the Second World War. The arrival of the Red Army marked an important turn in history. Within only a few years, the often unpopular communist parties developed into political organizations with mass followings. They managed to seize power, eliminate political opposition to their rule, and purge the state apparatus of undesirable personnel. In Securing the Communist State, Liesbeth van de Grift provides a new understanding of these organizations using recently disclosed material from the communist archives in Berlin and Bucharest. She reveals how these communist parties gained control over the security apparatus after 1945 in East Central Europe from a transitional justice perspective, focusing on purges and personnel policies. This book shows that the personal break after 1945 was not as radical as is often thought.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), 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

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance - United Nations (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 - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-12 (December) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-11 (November) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-10 (October) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

The Nuremberg Laws - Dferriero (National Archives, 2010)
Last Wednesday, I visited the Huntington Library in California to receive the original Nuremberg Laws on behalf of the U.S. Government. The laws were signed by Adolf Hitler and issued by the Third …
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

The Universal Declaration on Archives - International Council on Archives (2010)
Adopted at the General Assembly of ICA Oslo, September 2010. Endorsed by the 36th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO on 10th November 2011.

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-09 (September) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-08 (August) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

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

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-07 (July) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-06 (June) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

Expert Meeting - The Concept of Stateless Persons under International Law - Summary Conclusions - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (United Nations, 2010)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Expert Meeting - The Concept of Stateless Persons under International Law - Summary Conclusions - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (United Nations, 2010)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

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.

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-05 (May) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-04 (April) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

Open letter to Spanish judiciary authorities in solidarity with Justice Baltasar Garzón - Human Rights Defenders (International Federation for Human Rights, 2010)
Judges of the Supreme Court, Criminal chamber General Prosecutor of the State Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón As jurists, lawyers, judges, academics (...)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-03 (March) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

State Coordinated Violence in Chad under Hissène Habré - Silva, Romesh; Klingner, Jeff; Weikart, Scott (Human Rights Data Analysis Group, 2010)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

ISO/TS 21547:2010 - Health informatics — Security requirements for archiving of electronic health records — Principles - ISO (ISO, 2010)
Health informatics — Security requirements for archiving of electronic health records — Principles
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-02 (February) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

Unearthed: journal gives eye witness account of slavery - The Herald (HeraldScotland, 2010)
The account in the Scottish Catholic Archives underlines the complexity of Victorian attitudes towards race and slavery, hard on the heels of the historian Professor Tom Devine of Edinburgh University arguing that Scots have been guilty of collective amnesia over our involvement in slavery.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Women's Rights in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - International Federation for Human Rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 2010)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Human Rights Working Group - 2010-01 (January) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2010)

Archivos y derechos humanos en América. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos - Arias, Virginia (Comma, 2010)

Of condors and judges: Archival musings over a judicial investigation - Barrera, Giulia (Archival Science, 2010)
(2010) Barrera. Archival Science. Abstract The paper discusses some archival issues that emerged during a judicial investigation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office\nof Rome (Italy) regarding h...

Los Archivos de Derechos Humanos en Perú - Cruz, Ruth (Comma, 2010)

Annual report of the Inter-American commission on human rights 2009. Report of the special rapporteur for freedom of expression. - Marino, Catalina Botero (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2010)
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

Archives against Amnesia - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (Politorbis., 2010)

Sites of Conscience: New Approaches to Conflicted Memory - Ševčenko, Liz (Museum International, 2010)
For better or for worse, heritage is a key terrain on which societal conflicts are expressed. Instead of treating conflict over heritage sites defensively, shielding them from attack, we can take proactive steps to offer heritage sites as resources for addressing contested social questions. This article explores strategies used around the world by ‘Sites of Conscience’– heritage sites that foster dialogue on contemporary issues – to help communities to confront the questions that divide them.

Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities - United Nations Human Rights (United Nations, 2010)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights