Article 14(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Exclusion from International Refugee Protection - Kapferer, Sibylle (Refugee Survey Quarterly, 2008)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

To anyone who uses a smartphone, drives an electric car or flies on a plane - Kara, Siddharth (news.trust.org, 2018)
Make no mistake - the supply chain of cobalt from the Congo is smeared in blood and misery
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Archivos y Derechos Humanos en Argentina - Karababikian, Graciela (Bolétin del Archivo General de la Nación, 2007)

“They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings” - Kasai, Teppei (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
“‘They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings’: Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan,” documents the abusive conditions in many women’s prisons in Japan.
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Introduction: Challenges of managing records and archives in Intergovernmental Organizations around the world - Katuu, Shadrack (Comma, 2021)

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

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age - Keats Citron, Danielle (W. W. Norton & Company, 2023)
Privacy is disappearing. Exploring why the law has struggled to keep up, the author reveals how our current system leaves victims—particularly women, LGBTQ+ people, and marginalized groups—shamed and powerless while perpetrators profit, warping cultural norms around the world.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Access to archives - A handbook of guidelines for implementation of Recommendation No R(2000)13 on a European policy on access to archives - Kecskeméti, Charles; Székely, Iván (Council of Europe, 2005)
In the early 1990s, when Europe ceased to be divided in opposing political blocs, the Council of Europe concluded that access to archives was one of the key issues to be addressed in. order to fortify democracy throughout the continent. Intensive, in-depth preparation led to the drafting of Recommendation No. R (2000) 13 on a European Policy on Access to Archives, the first intergovernmental standard in this field.The recommendation is motivated by the ethical conviction that knowledge of the past constitutes a human right and that in a democracy citizens are entitled to access to an unbiased presentation of their history based on authentic sources preserved in archives.This handbook explains the principles that should govern access policy and practice in the 21st century, summarises the main findings of a pan-European survey on the situation regarding access to archives and formulates a set of guidelines for the implementation of the recommendation intended for civil servants and decision makers, archival authorities and archivists, the scholarly community and civil organizations.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

LGBTQ+ veterans file civil rights suit against Pentagon over discriminatory discharges - Kegu, Jessica; Axelrod, Jim; Samu, Shewna (CBS News, 2023)
A group of LGBTQ+ veterans who were kicked out of the military because of their sexual orientation filed a federal civil rights suit on Tuesday over the Defense Department's failure to grant them honorable discharges or remove biased language specifying their sexuality from their service records following the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in 2010.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Class action; Veterans

Conference Call for Proposals - ARL IDEAL 2024—Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives Conference - 2024-07-15 to 17, in Toronto, Canada - Keig, Alisha (Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 2023)
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is now accepting proposals for the 2024 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives (IDEAL) Conference, to be held July 15–17, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The conference theme is Sustainable Resistance and Restoration in Global Communities. Proposals should consider how the content of the session connects to the larger landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice (DEIA/J) and how the session reasonably engages adult learners.
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Aus der Sicht des Schweizerischen Bundesarchivs. Archives and Dealing with the Past - Kellerhals, Andreas (Bulletin (EDA-Personalzeitung), 2012)
Keywords: A&DwP website

Die Stasi und der Westen: Der Kurras-Komplex - Kellerhoff, Sven Felix (HOFFMANN UND CAMPE VERLAG GmbH, 2010)
Ein eher zufälliger Aktenfund aus dem Frühjahr 2009 zeigt: Die deutsch-deutsche Nachkriegsgeschichte birgt noch viele Geheimnisse. Ein Buch über die verschwiegenen Ostspitzel im Westen, einen verhängnisvollen Todesschuss und den stillen Krieg der DDR gegen die Bonner Republik.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Public Records and Archives as Tools for Good Governance: Reflections Within the Recordkeeping Scholarly and Practitioner Communities - Kemoni, Henry N.; Ngulube, Patrick; Stilwell, Christine (ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 2007)
The article presents the various points of view regarding the definitions and uses of records and archives amongst the recordkeeping scholarly and practitioner communities. It demonstrates that whereas records and archives are useful tools for facilitating transparency, accountability and good governance in society, they could be used as instruments of repression and human rights abuses. Attempts made by various regimes to destroy evidence documented in records to conceal actions related to misuse of power and human rights abuses are highlighted. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for records and archives personnel to collaborate in order to establish good recordkeeping regimes that facilitate the exploitation and use of records and archives as tools for governance, enhancement of public service delivery and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It is hoped that the article will stir further debate and encourage more research among recordkeeping scholars, consultants, researchers and practitioners into the use of records and archives as tools for good governance and protection of human rights.
Keywords: Archives; Governance; Human Rights; Recordkeeping; Records; United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Accountability in archival science since Parkinson’s thesis - Kenosi, Lekoko (Comma, International Journal on Archives, 2012)
Keywords: A&DwP website

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

Access, the democratic imperative - Ketelaar, Eric (Archives and Manuscripts, 2006)
Informit is an online service offering a wide range of database and full content publication products that deliver the vast majority of Australasian scholarly research to the education, research and business sectors. Informit encompasses online products: Informit Indexes, Informit Plus Text and Informit Collections.

Archives as Spaces of Memory - Ketelaar, Eric (Journal of the Society of Archivists, 2006)
The first part of this paper deals with truth, justice, memory and the role of archives. The record speaks with multiple voices through many intermediaries. Those intermediaries are the subject of the second part of the paper addressing the issue of connecting people's stories with public archives, using technologies for social navigation and ubiquitous computing which can transform archives into social spaces of memory.
Keywords: From the Forerunners of Document Collection to the Trial of Klaus Barbie and beyond

Tacit narratives: The meanings of archives - Ketelaar, Eric (Archival Science, 2001)
Archivists and historians usually consider archives as repositories of historical sources and the archivist as a neutral custodian. Sociologists and anthropologists see "the archive" also as a system of collecting, categorizing, and exploiting memories. Archivists are hesitantly acknowledging their role in shaping memories. I advocate that archival fonds, archival documents, archival institutions, and archival systems contain tacit narratives which must be deconstructed in order to understand the meanings of archives.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Statement by ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC on conference addressing cyber-enabled crimes through the Rome Statute system - Khan KC, Karim A.A (International Criminal Court, 2024)
The Office of the Prosecutor hosts an innovative conference addressing cyber-enabled crimes through the Rome Statute system. Gathering more than 100 participants including from 12 cybersecurity and technology companies at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague
Keywords: 2024-01 January

We are witnessing a pandemic of inhumanity: to halt the spread, we must cling to the law - Khan, Karim (The Guardian, 2023)
There is no blank cheque in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is working to ensure justice is on the frontlines, says Karim Khan Chief Prosecutor of the ICC
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Gaza; Hamas; International criminal court; International criminal justice; Israel; Israel-Hamas war; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; War crimes; World news

Jamal Khashoggi case: All the latest updates - Khashoggi, Jamal (aljazeera.com, 2019)
Here are the latest developments related to the Saudi journalist’s murder inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Israel-Hamas: How an AI photo of a baby duped social media users - Khatsenkova, Sophia (euronews, 2023)
The war between Israel and Hamas has generated so much false or misleading information online that even fact-checkers and analysts are having a tough time keeping up. Social media is flooded with misleading posts and artificial intelligence is making things worse.
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Palestine

Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation’s water rights trust claim - KickingWoman, Kolby (ICT News (Indian Country Today), 2023)
Arizona v. Navajo Nation is the final federal Indian law case to be ruled on by the high court this term
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Kazakhstan Woman’s Death a National Tragedy | Human Rights Watch - Kim, Viktoriya (2023)
Saltanat Nukenova is a name that is widely recognized in Kazakhstan these days. That is because, on November 9, Saltanat’s husband, Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the former economy minister, was detained in connection with her death. She was just 31 years old.
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Meet the ‘headstrong historian’ bringing Africa’s past to life – for Africans - Kimeu, Caroline (The Guardian, 2023)
A visit to Nairobi’s archives led to a ‘eureka moment’ for Kenyan Chao Tayiana. She set out to retell colonial narratives – using digital technology to bring lost and suppressed stories to light.
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Africa; Colonialism; Global development; History; Kenya; Rail transport; Uganda

Non-recurrence, reconciliation, and transitional justice: situating accountability in Northern Ireland’s oral history archive - Kinder, Eliscia (International Journal of Human Rights, 2021)

El carné que prueba que el príncipe Bernardo de Países Bajos perteneció al partido nazi (algo que siempre negó) - Kirby, Paul (BBC News Mundo, 2023)
El gobierno neerlandés confirmó que el difunto príncipe consorte tenía entre sus pertenencias un documento que prueba su afiliación al partido de Adolf Hitler en Alemania.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Saudi Arabia warns Snapchat users that ‘insulting’ regime is a criminal offense - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2023)
Users of the social media app have faced legal consequences for posts – some private – that are critical of Saudi authorities.
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Human rights; Middle East and north Africa; Privacy; Saudi Arabia; Snapchat; Social media; US news

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2023)
Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Saudi Arabia; Technology; US foreign policy; US news; World news; X (formerly known as Twitter)

Canada Should Declassify Nazi War Criminal Report - Kirshner, Sheldon (Times of Israel - The Blogs, 2023)
The Trudeau government has a lot to do in explaining why numerous immigrants of questionable and troubling backgrounds were allowed into Canada after World War II.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Arresting Nazi spies in Vichy France (1940–42) - Kitson, Simon (Intelligence and National Security, 2000)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Jammu Chamber to launch ‘Identify & Kill’ campaign against Rohingya refugees - KL News Network (Kashmir Life, 2017)
Syed Junaid Hashmi Jammu Intensifying the campaign against the Rohingya Refugees and Bangladeshis living in Jammu, Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Friday threatened to launch “Identify and Kill” campaign against them to force them to leave Jammu and other areas of the state where t...
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Scholars uncover censored Hebrew texts in Vatican collection - The Jerusalem Post - Klein, Zvika (The Jerusalem Post, 2023)
A group of over 20 Christian and Jewish clergy and scholars from around the world had come together for a once-in-a-lifetime experience – a captivating journey through time, delving into the treasures of the Vatican's Hebrew manuscript collection.
Keywords: 2023-07 July

A Brief History of Banned Books in America | History| Smithsonian Magazine (2023)
Attempts to restrict what kids in school can read are on the rise. But American book banning started with the Puritans, 140 years before the United States.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Die unterwanderte Republik. Stasi im Westen - Knabe, Hubertus (Propyläen, 1999)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Jordan's free speech boundaries tested with satire - Knell, Yolande (BBC News, 2023)
An Arabic magazine banned by Jordan for poking fun at a royal wedding hits back with ridicule.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Freedom of the Press; Satire

Der verratene Verräter: Wolfgang Schnur: Bürgerrechtsanwalt und Spitzenspitzel - Kobylinski, Alexander (Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2015)
Kaum ein Protagonist der Umbruchszeit 1989/90 polarisiert bis heute so wie Wolfgang Schnur. Als Anwalt arbeitet Schnur (geb. 1944) in der DDR als Rechtsbeistand für Bürgerrechtler und Wehrdienstverweigerer. Nicht wenige sehen den Mitbegründer und Vorsitzenden des Demokratischen Aufbruchs als kommenden Wahlsieger bei den Volkskammerwahlen im März 1990 und damit als künftigen DDR-Ministerpräsidenten. Doch kurz vor der Wahl wird bekannt, dass Schnur seit den 1960er Jahren für die Stasi tätig war. Es beginnt ein langer Absturz mit dem Entzug der Anwaltszulassung 1993 und diversen Verurteilungen. Alexander Kobylinski, einst selbst Mandant von Schnur, folgt dessen Lebenslauf von der Jugend im Nachkriegsdeutschland, der Ausbildung zum Rechtsanwalt, seiner Anwerbung durch das MfS und der Tätigkeit als Spitzel bis zur Enttarnung 1990. Kobylinski zeigt, wie Schnur mit viel Geduld, aber äußerst zielstrebig vom MfS aufgebaut wurde und schließlich zu einer wichtigen Person in der Bürgerbewegung wurde. Und er lässt die »Einbrüche« in Schnurs Karriere erst richtig verstehen.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

国会会議録検索システム - kokkai.ndl.go.jp (kokkai.ndl.go.jp)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Images of Syrian Civil War Take on a Second Life in Gaza Conflict - Koltai, Kolina (bellingcat, 2023)
The avalanche of disinformation shared about Israel and Palestine amid the recent conflict has been well documented. There is also a trend of footage and images from Syria’s long-running civil war being recycled and misattributed to the current Israel-Hamas conflict.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Haxhi Shala arrested on charges of witness intimidation and transferred to the KSC Detention Facilities in The Hague – Initial Appearance scheduled for 13 December 2023 - Kosovo Specialist Chambers (Kosovo Specialist Chambers & Specialist Prosecutor's Office, 2023)
Haxhi Shala was arrested yesterday, 11 December 2023, in Kosovo by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, pursuant to an arrest warrant, transfer order and a confirmed indictment issued by a Pre-trial Judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.
Keywords: 2023-12 December; Kosovo

Russie : ouverture du procès de l’activiste Oleg Orlov, figure de l’ONG Memorial, accusé d’avoir «discrédité» l’armée - Kourdouli, Salome (Libération, 2023)
Le dissident de 70 ans, militant au sein de l’organisation qui documente les crimes de l’URSS, encourt trois ans de prison pour avoir dénoncé la guerre en Ukraine dans un texte publié en novembre.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

On the Persistence of the Japanese History Problem: Historicism and the International Politics of History - Koyama, Hitomi (Routledge, 2018)
In Japan, people often refer to August 15, 1945 as the end of
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Unmasked: Soldiers who 'enabled' mass torture at Ukrainian school - Krasteva, Gergana (Metro, 2023)
Dozens of men from military units under Russia’s command were unmasked as ‘enablers’ of unspeakable war crimes in eastern Ukraine.
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Russian Federation; War Crimes

Transitional justice: how emerging democracies reckon with former regimes - Kritz, Neil J. (United States Institute of Peace Press, 1995)
Keywords: Crimes against humanity; Criminal justice, Administration of; Political crimes and offenses; Political persecution; References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes, Volume III: Laws, Rulings, and Reports - Kritz, Neil J. (United States Institute of Peace, 1995)
Includes over 100 laws, regulations and decrees, constitutional provisions, judicial decisions, reports of official, commissions of inquiry, and treaty excerpts from 28 countries and from international organizations.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Wenn wir unsere Akten lesen: Handbuch zum Umgang mit den Stasi-Unterlagen - Kukutz, Irena; Krone, Tina; Leide, Henry (BasisDruck, 1996)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Russian Destruction Causes Loss of Ukrainian Archives - Kyiv Post (Kyiv Post, 2023)
Ukraine’s state archives were under threat even before the full-scale invasion of 2022, because of a lack of funding and resources. Now Russian occupiers seem intent on destroying what’s left.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Violences LGBTphobes : la Russie condamnée par la CEDH - L'Obs; Agence France-Presse (L'Obs, 2023)
Une dizaine de requérants qui avaient saisi la juridiction européenne pour des cas de violences LGBTphobes à Moscou, Saint-Pétersbourg et en Tchétchénie ont obtenu gain de cause.
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Chechnya; Russia

Matériaux pour l’histoire de notre temps 2006/1, no.81 - L’Argentine de Perón à Kirchner 1973-2003 - La contemporaine (Bibliotheque de Documentation Contemporaine, 2006)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Miles de archivos de la dictadura fueron liberados en una página web - La Diaria (La Diaria, 2023)
No se sabe quién está detrás de “Archivos del Terror en Uruguay” ni cómo consiguió los documentos del archivo Berrutti.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Genosse Judas: Die zwei Leben des Ibrahim Bohme (G - Lahann, Birgit (1992)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

An American Puzzle: Fitting Race in a Box - Lai, Rebecca K. K.; Medina, Jennifer (The New York Times, 2023)
Census categories for race and ethnicity have shaped how the nation sees itself. Here’s how they have changed over the last 230 years.
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Black People; Census; Census Bureau; Race and Ethnicity; United States; United States Politics and Government

Resisting the Colonial Imagination: The Role of Exhibition Design in the Decolonial Project - Lalli Hills, Adrienne; Middleton, Margaret (American Alliance of Museums, 2023)
The staff of First Americans Museum are among many museum professionals seeking to disrupt the methods of presentation still endemic among collections of Indigenous cultural materials. These models may feel nostalgic or elevated to some, but can make an thoughtful and compelling exhibition feel hostile for the descendants of people brutalized by European and American empires.
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Amid Guatemala’s faltering democracy, a battle to remember its painful past - Geneva Solutions - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
As Guatemalans head to the polls on Sunday, decades of struggle for justice for atrocities committed during the civil war hang in the balance. Paulo Estrada Velásquez was one year and 20 days old when his father went missing on 19 May 1984 in Guatemala. No more than a month later, his uncle would also vanish. They were both members of Guatemala’s communist party, Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, and two of around 40,000 people who were forcibly disappeared during Guatemala’s civil war.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Ending violence against women: can a UN protocol make a difference? - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2024)
A record 89,000 women were intentionally killed in 2022, including more than 130 killed every day by a partner or relative. This is just one of the many forms of violence against women and girls that Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Antigua and Barbuda and Sierra Leone are hoping to tackle through a globally agreed framework.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Neurotech: should our brains have rights? - Geneva Solutions - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
As technology unlocks the doors to our minds, scientists urge for human rights protection. Imagine being able to watch your long-lost childhood memories on a screen or suppress a traumatic experience.
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Punished for speaking up at the UN - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
Collaborating with the United Nations can have consequences, some more serious than others. Activists who have dared to denounce human rights abuses in their countries before the UN have faced smear campaigns. They have also been prevented from travelling, jailed or even killed in an attempt to stifle criticism.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

A 10 años de la apertura del Archivo de la DIPPBA. First Panel: Presentación de los instrumentos de descripción del fondo documental de la ex DIPPBA - Lanteri, Magdalena; Nazar, Mariana (Aletheia, 2014)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2016 - Informe Anual 2016 - Lanza, Edison (OAS, 2017)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Las fotos sacadas de la ESMA por Victor Basterra en el Museo de Arte y Memoria de La Plata: el lugar de la imagen en los trabajos de la memoria de la última dictadura militar argentina: Un estudio de caso - Larralde Armas, Florencia (Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios en Diseño y Comunicación. Ensayos, 2015)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Virginity Testing in Turkey: A Violation of Women’s Human Rights - Lasco, Chanté (Human Rights Brief, 2002)
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

Nouvelle-Zélande: L’Ara Wātea* de la signalisation routière - Laurence, Jean-Christophe (La Presse, 2023)
En Nouvelle-Zélande, un projet de traduction des panneaux de circulation en maori suscite de vifs débats politiques autour de la question autochtone.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Indigenous Australian Art: Traditions from a Fascinating, Ancient Past - Laurentis, Camilla de (DailyArt Magazine, 2023)
Indigenous Australians did and do not have a formal written language. Without writing, the only way to maintain history is through visual production, pictures take the place of words.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Aboriginal; Art and design; Symbolism; Torres Strait Islanders; Transmission of Knowledge

Hissène Habré : le jour où nous sommes tombés sur les documents de la terreur - Le Monde (Le Monde.fr, 2015)
Le procès de l’ex-dictateur tchadien s’ouvre ce lundi au Sénégal. Le spécialiste Pierre Hazan raconte comment il a pénétré, avec un représentant de Human Rights Watch, dans le QG de l’ex-police politique et découvert un trésor de documents
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Les archives contre l'oubli, par Perrine Canavaggio et Louis Joinet - Le Monde (Le Monde.fr, 2004)
Redécouvrir l'histoire tragique d'un peuple, préserver les preuves qui permettront un jour que passe la justice.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Restitution de restes humains : réparer les erreurs du passé - Le Monde (Le Monde, 2023)
L’adoption par le Sénat en première lecture d’une proposition de loi facilitant le travail de réparation des dégâts de la colonisation devrait permettre à la France de rattraper un retard regrettable. Cette avancée oblige l’Etat, mais sa mise en œuvre suppose des moyens humains qui dépassent largement les forces actuelles.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Decolonization

Restitution of human remains: Repairing the mistakes of the past - Le Monde (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
French lawmakers are working on a bill that would facilitate the return of human remains, which would help repair the damage caused by colonization. But sorting through the thousands of remains in national collections will require far greater human resources.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Decolonization

Familiares y agrupaciones de DDHH entregan carta interpelando al Poder Judicial su rol durante 50 años desde el golpe de Estado - Le Monde Diplomatique (Le Monde diplomatique, 2023)
Las y los familiares y organizaciones por los derechos humanos, Londres 38, espacio de memorias; la Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (AFDD); y la Agrupación de Familiares de Ejecutados Políticos (AFEP); entregaron pasadas las once de la mañana de este viernes 4 de agosto, una carta dirigida al Pleno de la Corte Suprema, con el objetivo de interpelar al Poder Judicial en su rol durante estos 50 años, manifestar su preocupación por el estado de las causas por violaciones a los DD.HH. y expresar sus expectativas y demandas ante el Plan Nacional de Búsqueda.
Keywords: 2023-08 August

Décolonisation et répression au Cameroun : la France livre ses archives classifiées - Le Monde; Agence France-Presse (Le Monde, 2023)
Paris livre ses archives classifiées à la commission d’historiens des deux pays chargée de « faire la lumière » sur le rôle de la France dans la violente répression ayant visé les indépendantistes puis l’opposition au Cameroun avant et après son indépendance.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

L’ancien gendarme rwandais Philippe Manier condamné à la perpétuité pour génocide et crime contre l’humanité - Le Monde; Agence France-Presse (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
L’ancien gendarme rwandais, naturalisé français en 2005, était notamment accusé d’avoir participé, en donnant des ordres, voire en étant directement impliqué sur le terrain, à plusieurs massacres de civils tutsi qui ont fait des milliers de morts.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

« Traitement inhumain » des détenus de Guantanamo, selon un rapport de l’ONU - Le Monde; Agence France-Presse (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
La rapporteuse spéciale sur les droits de l’homme et la lutte antiterroriste, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, décrit le traitement des trente derniers détenus de Guantanamo comme étant « cruel, inhumain et dégradant ».
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Hong Kong's top court ruling paves way for recognition of same-sex partnerships - Le Monde; Associated Press (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
The court declared that the government must establish a legal framework for recognizing same-sex partnerships, marking a significant milestone for LGBTQ+ rights in the city.
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Are human rights archives accessible? Challenges and possible solutions to improve access for Dealing with the Past initiatives - Ledauphin, Romain; Josi, Claudia; Siegrist, Rahel (Comma, 2021)
Records and archives containing information relating to grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law represent a fundamental source for, and can become trustworthy documentary evidence within, Dealing with the Past (DWP) processes including truth commissions, criminal tribunals, reparation programs, vetting processes and outreach projects. Those intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) working in the fields of human rights and peace and security are themselves important observers and actors in DWP processes and hence their records and archives are highly relevant to DWP initiatives. Such organizations should therefore be transparent and be able to facilitate DWP processes by granting access to their records. Given the International Council on Archives’ definition of “access” as relating to “… the availability of records for consultation as a result both of legal authorization and the existence of finding aids”, and the experience of swisspeace in advising DWP initiatives on collecting evidence and improving records management capacity, swisspeace together with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs developed a roadmap which centres on the development of an “archives accessibility maturity model”. This tool will not only improve hands-on access in practice, but will ultimately improve knowledge about the multi-layered complexity of archives’ accessibility, strengthening the capacity of IGOs, INGOs and DWP initiatives to design and implement their access regulations, and thereby improving DWP initiatives’ ability to make successful access requests.
Keywords: Comma 2020 1-2, Archives and Human Rights, August 2021

Retos y estrategias para una política pública de memoria: el proyecto Lugar de la Memoria, la Tolerancia y la Inclusión Social (LUM) - Ledgard, Denise; Hibbett, Alexandra; De la Jara, Blas (Cuaderno de Investigación N°7, Escuela de Gobierno y Políticas Públicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018)
A pesar de que la violencia política desatada por Sendero Luminoso y el Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru contra el Estado Peruano (1980-2000) marcó profundamente nuestra historia, las políticas públicas de memoria y conmemoración de estos años son aún incipientes. No sorprende que la concreción de un proyecto estatal como el Lugar de la Memoria, la Tolerancia y la Inclusión Social (LUM) en Lima, capital de la República peruana, tuviera que responder a distintos retos, políticos, técnicos, burocrático-administrativos y académicos. La presente investigación hace un recuento detallado del proceso de creación de esta política de memoria; sistematiza los retos a los que se enfrentó y explica las estrategias desplegadas en distintos momentos para lograr la ejecución del proyecto. Asimismo, argumenta que este proceso tuvo un impacto sobre la naturaleza de la institución y su muestra permanente. La investigación busca esclarecer este efecto, además de proveer un ejemplo de cómo este tipo de política se puede ejecutar en contextos de poco apoyo público y polarización de los actores.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Politiques du pardon - Lefranc, Sandrine (Presses Universitaires France, 2002)
Dans de nombreuses démocraties ayant récemment succédé à des régimes autoritaires, bourreaux et victimes continuent de coexister. La haine est toujours présente malgré la mise en place de processus de "réconciliation" par les gouvernements actuels en Amérique du Sud comme en Afrique du Sud. Des réparations et l'établissement de la vérité sur les crimes commis devaient pallier l'absence de poursuites judiciaires, des lois d'amnistie devaient également représenter une première étape vers le pardon et la réconciliation. Faut-il pardonner aux agents d'un régime autoritaire qui ont torturé et fait disparaître des opposants par milliers ? Un pardon politique est-il possible ?Collection : La collection « Fondements de la politique », dirigée par Yves-Charles Zarka, Directeur de recherche au CNRS, accueille, dune part, des éditions de textes importants où les concepts fondamentaux de la politique peuvent être ressaisis dans leurs moments doctrinaux de formation, dinfléchissement ou de crise, dautre part, des travaux de recherche sur les auteurs ou les uvres de philosophie politique, enfin, des essais visant à renouveler la pensée politique contemporaine.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

NS-Verbrecher und Staatssicherheit: Die geheime Vergangenheitspolitik der DDR - Leide, Henry (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007)
Bis heute gilt die konsequente Verfolgung von NS-Ttern als "gute Seite" des Ministeriums f"r Staatssicherheit der DDR. Doch hinter der Fassade des antifaschistischen Musterstaats wurde ein sorgsam verh"lltes, doppeltes Spiel gespielt: SED und Staatssicherheit prangerten die Bundesrepublik an und lieferten Flle f"r Vorzeigeprozesse, aber zugleich stellten sie Ermittlungen gegen NS-Tter hintan, wenn sie dem Image der DDR zuwiderliefen. Henry Leide analysiert systematisch die Formen dieser Politik: Anwerbungen von fr"h amnestierten oder nie verurteilten NS-Verbrechern als Informanten und Agenten in Ost und West, mangelhafte Ermittlungen gegen Hunderte belastete DDR-B"rger, vereitelte Strafverfahren gegen angesehene DDR-rzte und verweigerte Rechtshilfe f"r die auslndische Justiz bei gleichzeitiger Monopolisierung vieler Akten durch die Geheimpolizei. In dieser Praxis entpuppt sich der DDR-Antifaschismus als instrumentelles Kampfprogramm in der deutsch-deutschen Systemkonkurrenz.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Deaths in Wars and Conflicts in the 20th Century - Leitenberg, Milton (Cornell University, 2006)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Human rights are a low priority for many national climate change adaptation policies, research finds - Lejtenyi, Patrick (Phys.org, 2023)
The link between human rights and climate change adaptation policy has not been a major source of discussion in national policies, according to a new study.
Keywords: 2023-10 November

« Travail forcé, le SOS d’un prisonnier chinois », sur Arte : la face cachée du « made in China » - Lemaître, Frédéric (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
A partir d’un appel au secours découvert dans un test de grossesse, Laetitia Moreau a mis au jour le système de « prisons-entreprises » chinoises, centres de profit pour des firmes publiques travaillant à l’exportation.
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Reporters - Vos visages sont à nous : les dangers de la reconnaissance faciale - LeMasurier, Jessica; Langlois, Roméo
Aux États-Unis, l'entreprise Clearview AI collecte les visages en ligne, à l'aide de l'intelligence artificielle (IA). Ces données peuvent être utilisées pour identifier des criminels ou des espions. Mais que se passe-t-il si elles tombent entre de mauvaises mains ? Ce numéro de Reporters + est le fruit d'une enquête menée pendant près de deux ans par le bureau enquête de France 24.
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Artificial Intelligence

Public Access to Information for Development: A Guide to the Effective Implementation of Right to Information Laws - Lemieux, Victoria L.; Trapnell, Stephanie E. (The World Bank, 2016)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? - Leo, Geoff; Woloshyn, Roxanna; Guerrero, Linda (CBC News, 2023)
Indigenous idendity - Late 2022, CBC received a tip that Sainte-Marie is not of Cree ancestry but, in fact, has European roots. She is the latest high-profile public figure whose ancestry story has been contradicted by genealogical documentation - the latest chapter in the complex and growing debate around Indigenous identity in Canada.
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Cultural Appropriation; Identity Usurpation; Indigenous Identity

In Montana, 16 young Americans are fighting for their environmental rights - LeParmentier, Arnaud (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
In a landmark trial, the plaintiffs testified to the deterioration of their daily lives while advocating for their constitutional right to a 'clean and healthful environment.'
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Réchauffement climatique : pourquoi seize jeunes Américains ont attaqué l’Etat du Montana - LeParmentier, Arnaud (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
Chaleur accablante, air irrespirable, fonte des glaciers… Les plaignants ont témoigné de la dégradation de leur quotidien au cours du procès pour le droit à « un environnement propre et sain », dont l’audience s’est achevée mardi. La Constitution de cet Etat impose une obligation de résultat en la matière.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Guerre d'Algérie : quand le secret défense entrave la mémoire - Leprince, Chloé (France Culture, 2019)
Comme Maurice Audin, des milliers d'Algériens disparaîtront du fait des forces de l'ordre françaises pendant la guerre d'Algérie. Emmanuel Macron a promis l'ouverture des archives pour sortir leur trace du brouillard du récit officiel et du refoulé. Historiens et familles l'attendent encore.
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

Enfants autochtones disparus ou morts: Début des exhumations sur la Côte-Nord - Lévesque, Fanny (La Presse, 2023)
L’exhumation des dépouilles de deux enfants autochtones s’amorce dans la communauté innue de Pessamit sur la Côte-Nord. L’opération délicate, qui s’inscrit dans la foulée d’une nouvelle loi québécoise, vise à élucider la disparition et la mort des poupons.
Keywords: 2023-08 August

‘Denying our humanity’: how Santa Monica decimated a thriving Black community - Levin, Sam (The Guardian, 2023)
African Americans helped build the iconic beach town, historian Alison Rose Jefferson details as California weighs reparations.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; California; California reparations; Race; US news

US immigration officials didn’t properly document hysterectomies – watchdog - Levine, Sam (The Guardian, 2024)
Officials didn’t document medical necessity in two cases. Based on that sample, the OIG said it could infer with 95% confidence that between 137 and 217 of 553 major surgical procedures were not properly approved in the timeframe it studied.
Keywords: 2024-01 January; Reproductive rights; US immigration; US news; Women's health

Guerres, persécutions, dérèglement climatique : le monde compte 110 millions de personnes déplacées ou réfugiées, un record - Libération; Agence France-Presse (Libération, 2023)
Jamais le nombre total de réfugiés fuyant leur pays ou de personnes déplacées à l’intérieur du leur pays n’avait atteint un tel niveau, a souligné le Haut-Commissariat pour les réfugiés de l’ONU, dans son rapport annuel.
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Dérèglement climatique; Guerres; Persécutions

Le parquet de Barcelone demande une enquête sur un cas de torture sous Franco - Liberation; Agence France-Presse (Libération, 2023)
Pour la première fois depuis la fin du régime franquiste en 1975, le parquet espagnol réclame une enquête sur les tortures subies par un syndicaliste pendant la dictature. Une position qui pourrait créer un précédent.
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Colombia: desentierro de una calumnia política contra la justicia transicional - Liévano, Andrés Bermúdez (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Las sonadas confesiones de militares ante la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) desmintieron una vasta campaña de desinformación para desacreditar el proceso de justicia transicional en Colombia.
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Disinformation; Transitional Justice

Colombia: unburying of a political smear against transitional justice - Liévano, Andrés Bermúdez (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
The resounding confessions of soldiers before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) disproved a vast campaign of disinformation to discredit the transitional justice process in Colombia.
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Disinformation; Transitional Justice

Colombie : déboulonnage d'une campagne de calomnie contre la justice transitionnelle - Liévano, Andrés Bermúdez (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Les aveux retentissants de militaires devant la Juridiction spéciale pour la paix (JEP) ont invalidé une vaste campagne de désinformation visant à discréditer le processus de justice transitionnelle en Colombie.
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Disinformation; Transitional Justice

After 75 years, what is the UN human rights system’s theory of change? - Limon, Marc (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
While celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights most commentaries have focused on the historical importance of the document, its relevance, and the fact that it would be impossible today for United Nations member states to adopt such an agreement. Yet two equally – if not more – crucial questions linger: what was the Universal Declaration’s theory of change, meaning how did its authors intend for it
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics - Lind, Jennifer (Cornell University Press, 2010)
Governments increasingly offer or demand apologies for past human rights abuses, and it is widely believed that such expressions of contrition are necessary to promote reconciliation between former adversaries. The post-World War II experiences of Japan and Germany suggest that international apologies have powerful healing effects when they are offered, and poisonous effects when withheld. West Germany made extensive efforts to atone for wartime crimes-formal apologies, monuments to victims of the Nazis, and candid history textbooks; Bonn successfully reconciled with its wartime enemies. By contrast, Tokyo has made few and unsatisfying apologies and approves school textbooks that whitewash wartime atrocities. Japanese leaders worship at the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors war criminals among Japan's war dead. Relations between Japan and its neighbors remain tense.Examining the cases of South Korean relations with Japan and of French relations with Germany, Jennifer Lind demonstrates that denials of past atrocities fuel distrust and inhibit international reconciliation. In Sorry States, she argues that a country's acknowledgment of past misdeeds is essential for promoting trust and reconciliation after war. However, Lind challenges the conventional wisdom by showing that many countries have been able to reconcile without much in the way of apologies or reparations. Contrition can be highly controversial and is likely to cause a domestic backlash that alarms?rather than assuages?outside observers. Apologies and other such polarizing gestures are thus unlikely to soothe relations after conflict, Lind finds, and remembrance that is less accusatory-conducted bilaterally or in multilateral settings-holds the most promise for international reconciliation.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Records management at the Council of Europe (1): three years of shock therapy - Lisney, Tim (Comma, 2021)
While the Council of Europe as an Intergovernmental Organization has proven remarkably resilient, its archives and records appear to be increasingly fragile. This article documents and analyses the development of records management and archives management within the Council of Europe between 2000 and 2003. This was a period that saw major changes in the way that records were treated in the organization, notably the preparation and implementation of an organization-wide archives policy, and the introduction of an archives management training programme for Council of Europe staff. The concept of archives and records was extended from paper to electronic and audio-visual materials. An internal network of archive correspondents was introduced to increase communication, consultation, co-ordinate RM and facilitate the implementation of the archives policy, and a series of measures was taken to improve access to the archives and records. It was during this period that the first steps were taken in the introduction of archives and records management standards ISAD(G) and ISO 15489. The article highlights the lack of continuity of RM and the increasing vulnerability of records within the organization, suggesting that the lack of professional staff is the most critical issue; the analysis of the developments in this period also illustrates the impact that personal initiatives can have in such a context.

Opinion: De-dollarisation is the new decolonisation - Lo, Alex (South China Morning Post, 2023)
Opinion: Everyone, whether America’s vassals or enemies, needs to move away from the dollar when their greenback-denominated assets can be taken from them on Washington’s say-so.
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Five Anti-War Price Tags, Seven Years in Russian Prison | Human Rights Watch - Lokhmutov, Aleks (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Russian court sentenced artist Aleksandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison for replacing supermarket price tags with information about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Top Russian Human Rights Defender Convicted for “Discrediting” the Armed Forces - Lokshina, Tanya (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
A Moscow court found Oleg Orlov, a leading Russian human rights defender, guilty on on charges of “discrediting” the military by speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to a 150-ruble (approx. 1,500 USD) fine.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Mystery of Holocaust escape girls solved after 84 years - Lonsdale, Jo; Downs, Jane (BBC News, 2023)
For more than 80 years the identities of three girls captured in an iconic photograph were unknown.
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Tramitar el pasado: Archivos de derechos humanos y museología viva - Lopera, Marta Lucía Giraldo; Tamayo, Luis Carlos Toro (Universidad de Antioquia, 2018)
La visibilización del sufrimiento de los sobrevivientes de la guerra en el país y el énfasis en su capacidad de transformar el dolor en agencia y solidaridad son un aporte a la dignificación de la humanidad de las víctimas y la de sus familias. Tramitar el pasado: Archivos de derechos humanos y museología viva registra una experiencia que tiene como eje el archivo de la Asociación Caminos de Esperanza Madres de La Candelaria, la cual ha asumido el compromiso de denunciar y documentar las violaciones a los derechos humanos. El proceso de representación de este archivo, llevado a cabo mediante un lenguaje simbólico que trasciende la literalidad de los documentos, dio origen a elaboraciones y piezas que luego fueron el fundamento de la exposición Archivo Vivo. Memorias de Madres, con la que se propició el encuentro entre las memorias de las madres y la comunidad.Esta es una experiencia que puede ser emulada por otros movimientos que, desde la sociedad civil, luchan por sus derechos y por la transformación de las condiciones que han generado la violencia. Por su parte, para los diversos actores que desde la academia y la institucionalidad —en particular desde la museística— buscan formas de acompañar procesos comunitarios, este texto ofrece un modelo práctico, teóricamente sustentado.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

American Education Hurt Black Students. We Deserve Reparations - Love, Bettina L. (Education Week, 2023)
The value of the educational harm inflicted on my generation of Black students exceeds $2 trillion, writes Bettina L. Love.
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Black Students; Race; Students of Color

From the forerunners of document collection to the trial of Klaus Barbie and beyond: the transitional justice journey of the Izieu telegram - Lühe, Ulrike; Ledauphin, Romain (The International Journal of Human Rights, 2020)
This article analyses the journey of the so-called Izieu telegram–atelegram sent by Nazi perpetrator Klaus Barbie to report the raidof a Jewish children’s home in France to his superiors–from itscreation to its use in multiple transitional justice mechanisms,including an international military tribunal, domestic trials inFrance, and various memorialisation projects. In doing so weapply the concepts of activation and the records continuumapproach, both borrowed from archival studies scholarship, toanalyse how an individual record becomes continuouslyrecontextualised through its use in transitional justice processesand in the process contributes to those same processes. Weconclude by highlighting both the benefits of bringing archivalconcepts into dialogue with transitional justice scholarship andpractice, and the tensions inherent in that endeavour.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

The American Barbarossa Plan for Ukraine.1957 - Lurye, Oleg (The Times of Israel, 2023)
Exactly 66 years ago, in August 1957, the CIA released its secret report “Resistance Factors and Special Forces Areas. Ukraine.” This voluminous 200-page “work,” which resembled a doctoral dissertation, was prepared for the US intelligence community by staff members of Georgetown University. Despite its academic content, the CIA report is a detailed manual for the occupation of the Ukrainian territory by the Special Forces.
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Barbarossa Plan; CIA; Cold War; Georgetown University; United States of America

Guatemala Declares War on History - Lynch, Colum (Foreign Policy, 2019)
Looking for help on immigration, the Trump administration is silent in the face of Guatemala’s effort to seal its dirty war archive.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Critique de Désir noir: Autopsie d’un féminicide - Maalouf, Laila (La Presse, 2023)
Il y a 20 ans, lorsque l’actrice Marie Trintignant a succombé aux coups infligés par son amant, le chanteur du groupe Noir désir Bertrand Cantat, personne n’utilisait encore le mot féminicide. La journaliste musicale au magazine français Le Point qui signe cet essai, Anne-Sophie Jahn, était adolescente à l’époque et n’avait pas suivi l’affaire avec attention.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Liberia Marks 20 Years Since the End of Its Civil War. Will a War Crimes Court Ever Be Created? - MacDougall, Clair (Pass Blue, 2023)
Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee stood behind a wooden podium in a cramped conference room and recounted her narrow escape from one of the worst massacres in Liberia’s civil war, a devastating conflict that ended 20 years ago this August.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Court

Wokół Jedwabnego, t. 1 Studia - Machcewicz, Paweł; Persak, Krzysztof (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, 2002)
pod red. Pawła Machcewicza i Krzysztofa Persaka, t.1 Studia Publikacja Wokół Jedwabnego, przygotowana przez Biuro Edukacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, prezentuje wyniki badań naukowych na...
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Building the South-South Feminist Archive: An Interview with Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal - Machirori, Fungai (African Arguments, 2023)
Building the South-South Feminist Archive: An Interview with Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal
Keywords: 2023-09 September

International group working to identify Russian forces that carried out grisly war crimes on Kherson prisoners - Macias, Amanda (CNBC, 2023)
According to new evidence gathered by the investigation, at least 36 victims described the use of electrocution during interrogations of Kherson prisoners.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Kherson; Russian Army; Russian Federation; War Crimes

Prequel: An American Fight Against Facism - Maddow, Rachel (PenguinRandomHouse, 2023)
Rachel Maddow traces, with the help of archival and published material, the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis.
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Facism

Lilian, la última liberada en El Salvador por una muerte neonatal: “Ya estamos todas afuera” - Mahtani, Noor (El País América, 2024)
Tras siete años encarcelada por una emergencia obstétrica, la jueza anula la sentencia por la vulneración de garantías procesales. Desde 2014, 73 mujeres fueron puestas en libertad, pero 11 procesos penales siguen abiertos por aborto
Keywords: 2024-01 January

The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography - Maier, Charles S. (University of California Press, 2000)
The Rape of Nanjing was one of the worst atrocities committed during World War II. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of wartime China. According to the International Military Tribunal, during the ensuing massacre 20,000 Chinese men of military age were killed and approximately 20,000 cases of rape occurred; in all, the total number of people killed in and around the city of Nanjing was about 200,000. This carefully researched, intelligent collection of original essays considers the post-World War II treatment in China of the Nanjing Massacre and Japan. The book examines how the issue has developed as a political and diplomatic controversy in the five decades since World War II.In his introduction, Joshua A. Fogel raises the significant moral and historiographical issues that frame the other essays. Mark Eykholt then provides an account of postwar Chinese responses to the massacre. Takashi Yoshida assesses the attempts to downplay the incident and its effects, providing a revealing analysis of Japanese debates over Japan's role in the world and the continuing ambivalence of many Japanese toward their defeat in World War II. In the concluding essay, Daqing Yang widens the scope of the discussion by comparing the Nanjing historiographic debates to similar debates in Germany over the nature of the Holocaust.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany - Maier, Professor Charles S. (Princeton University Press, 1999)
Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of our century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, Charles Maier recounts the history and demise of East Germany. Dissolution is his poignant, analytically provocative account of the decline and fall of the late German Democratic Republic. This book explains the powerful causes for the disintegration of German communism as it constructs the complex history of the GDR. Maier looks at the turning points in East Germany's forty-year history and at the mix of coercion and consent by which the regime functioned. He analyzes the GDR as it evolved from the purges of the 1950s to the peace movements and emerging youth culture of the 1980s, and then turns his attention to charges of Stasi collaboration that surfaced after 1989. In the context of describing the larger collapse of communism, Maier analyzes German elements that had counterparts throughout the Soviet bloc, including its systemic and eventually terminal economic crisis, corruption and privilege in the SED, the influence of the Stasi and the plight of intellectuals and writers, and the slow loss of confidence on the part of the ruling elite. He then discusses the mass protests and proliferation of dissident groups in 1989, the collapse of the ruling party, and the troubled aftermath of unification. Dissolution is the first book that spans the communist collapse and the ensuing process of unification, and that draws on newly available archival documents from the last phases of the GDR, including Stasi reports, transcripts of Politburo and Central Committee debates, and papers from the Economic Planning Commission, the Council of Ministers, and the office files of key party officials. This book is further bolstered by Maier's extensive knowledge of European history and the Cold War, his personal observations and conversations with East Germans during the country's dramatic transition, and memoirs and other eyewitness accounts published during the four-decade history of the GDR.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Adventures in archives: An interview with Trudy Huskamp Peterson - Maifeld, Stacey (Link Magazine, 2019)
Trudy Huskamp Peterson (’67 English, history), once the Acting Archivist of the United States, now travels the world rescuing records at risk.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Human rights tribunal approves $23B revised First Nations child-welfare compensation deal | CBC News - Major, Darren (CBC News, 2023)
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a $23.4-billion revised agreement to compensate victims of the underfunded First Nations child-welfare system on Wednesday.
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Children Health; First Nations; Reconciliation; Reparation; Sixty Scoop

“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

Nayib Bukele busca perpetuarse en el poder - Maldonado, Carlos S. (El País, 2023)
El mandatario salvadoreño oficializa este domingo su candidatura a la reelección, a pesar de que la Constitución se lo prohíbe y en medio de críticas por su modelo autoritario. “No soy un dictador”, se ha defendido.
Keywords: 2023-07 July

The Challenge of Human Rights – CHARLES MALIK and the Universal Declaration - Malik, Habib C. (The Centre for Lebanese Studies and I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2000)
Charles Malik of Lebanon was a key player at the UN in this historical drama that extracted a set of universal human rights out of the chaos of antagonistic ideologies and clashing world-views. This book contains a distillation of his writings, interventions and reflections on the making of the Universal Declaration, the contentious issues grappled with along the way, some of the personalities involved in the process, and the laborious stages of the process itself.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Norway faces the difficult past (and present) of its treatment of indigenous peoples - Malinowski, Henryk (TVP World (Telewizja Polska), 2023)
A report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission may be an opportunity to repair the relations with the Indigenous peoples.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Forest Finns; Kven; Norwegian Finns; Sámi; Truth and Reconcilation Commission - Norway

Brazil slave trafficker’s links to top bank spark debate over reparations - Mallaret, Constance (The Guardian, 2023)
Researchers are at last revealing how slavery and the slave trade shaped the country’s institutions
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition - Malleret, Constance (The Guardian, 2023)
Groundbreaking data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Americas; Brazil; World news

How digital archives are preserving Palestinian history amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza - Malvisi, Gabriele (Arab News, 2024)
Keen to preserve items and documents pertaining to the history of Palestine, a digital platform, Palestine Nexus, launched in 2020, has redoubled its efforts to gather and protect treasures drawn from archives across the Middle East.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Sierra Leone has been at peace for 20 years after a brutal civil war - what went right - Mammone, Christina (The Conversation, 2023)
Transitional justice contributed greatly to the peace which Sierra Leone has experienced in the last two decades.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Holocaust Ground Zero review – it is the unfathomable suffering that stays with you - Mangan, Lucy (The Guardian, 2023)
This distressing documentary outlines in a clear and accessible way the beginning of the mass execution of Jews under Hitler’s regime.
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Culture; Europe; Holocaust; Nazism; Second world war; Television & radio; Ukraine

Indonesia is one of the world's largest democracies, but it's weaponising defamation laws to smother dissent - Mann, Tim (The Conversation, 2024)
Two human rights activists have been acquitted of defaming a powerful government minister. It’s the latest in a string of concerning authoritarian uses of Indonesian law.
Keywords: 2024-01 January

Training - "Ready-Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project Info Sessions - Marchese, Ryan (Society of American Archivists, 2023)
The "Ready-Or Not" project funded by the California State Library offers free, on-site emergency preparedness consultations. Consultants address specific organizational concerns and provide tailored assessments to help collections staff meet their preparedness goals. The first training sessions have been recorded and are freely available on-line. The upcoming sessions will also be made available on-line.
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Disaster preparedness

The Ethics of Memory - Margalit, Avishai (Harvard University Press, 2004)
Much of the intense current interest in collective memory concerns the politics of memory. In a book that asks, "Is there an ethics of memory?" Avishai Margalit addresses a separate, perhaps more pressing, set of concerns. The idea he pursues is that the past, connecting people to each other, makes possible the kinds of "thick" relations we can call truly ethical. Thick relations, he argues, are those that we have with family and friends, lovers and neighbors, our tribe and our nation--and they are all dependent on shared memories. But we also have "thin" relations with total strangers, people with whom we have nothing in common except our common humanity. A central idea of the ethics of memory is that when radical evil attacks our shared humanity, we ought as human beings to remember the victims. Margalit's work offers a philosophy for our time, when, in the wake of overwhelming atrocities, memory can seem more crippling than liberating, a force more for revenge than for reconciliation. Morally powerful, deeply learned, and elegantly written, The Ethics of Memory draws on the resources of millennia of Western philosophy and religion to provide us with healing ideas that will engage all of us who care about the nature of our relations to others.
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Un an après la mort de Rafael Moreno, le "Projet Rafael" se poursuit - Mariani, Pascale (France 24, 2023)
Dans le cadre du "Projet Rafael", France 24 s’est associé à une trentaine de médias coordonnés par l’organisation Forbidden Stories pour poursuivre les enquêtes du journaliste colombien Rafael Moreno.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

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

From the "Single Confused Page" to the "Decalogue for Six Billion Persons": The Roots of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the French Revolution - Marks, Stephen P. (Human Rights Quarterly, 1998)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2), Archives and Human Rights

Activists give 540,000 strong petition on online child abuse to MEPs - Marques da Silva, Isabel (euronews, 2023)
They are calling for the strongest possible measures when it comes to the EU's measures preventing and combating online child abuse.
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Travailleurs étrangers temporaires: Un danger d’esclavagisme moderne, s’alarme un représentant de l’ONU - Marquis, Mélanie (La Presse, 2023)
Logements insalubres ou surpeuplés, salaires de misère et heures supplémentaires non payées, lien de servitude avec l’employeur : le rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur les formes contemporaines d’esclavage a été « perturbé » de constater les conditions dans lesquelles vivent les travailleurs étrangers temporaires au Canada.
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Modern Slavery; Temporary Foreign Workers

Killing for Country: A Family Story - Marr, David (Black Inc., 2023)
The author was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result – a soul-searching Australian history.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Patrimoine partagé : universalité, restitutions et circulation des œuvres d’art - Martinez, Jean-Luc (Présidence de la République Française, 2023)
Catherine Colonna, ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères et Rima Abdul Malak, ministre de la Culture, ont reçu ce mardi 25 avril 2023 Jean-Luc Martinez, ambassadeur pour la coopération internationale dans le domaine du patrimoine et Président-directeur honoraire du Louvre, qui leur a remis le rapport commandé par le Président de la République afin de préparer les contours d’une loi-cadre sur la restitution à leur pays d’origine de biens culturels appartenant aux collections publiques françaises , qui, en l’état actuel du droit, sont inaliénables et ne peuvent être restitués que sur la base d’une loi spéciale.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

El Caso de España contra las dictaduras chilena y argentina: Los documentos del juez Garzón y la audiencia nacional - Maruja, Torres (Planeta, 1998)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Die Strafverfolgung von DDR-Unrecht: Fakten und Zahlen - Marxen, Klaus; Werle, Gerhard; Schäfter, Petra (Stiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, 2007)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Canada’s Startling Claim Punctuates Tension With India Over Separatists - Mashal, Mujib; Kumar, Hari; Raj, Suhasini (The New York Times, 2023)
The allegation that India was involved in the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada came after New Delhi had accused Western countries of inaction on secessionist groups.
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Bharatiya Janata Party; Canada; Espionage and Intelligence Services; India; International Relations; Secession and Independence Movements; Sikhs and Sikhism; Targeted Killings; Trudeau, Justin

La Regie de l'Enregistrement et des Domaines aux Xviiie et Xixe Siecles : Etude Historique - Massaloux, Jean-Paul (Librairie Droz, 1989)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Légitimité et Légalité. Considérations (sur la Loi et la Justice) à l’image de deux grands procès politiques - Mateva, Milena (Université de Neuchâtel, 2006)
Keywords: References - Boel et al. (2021), Archives and Human Rights

Trump heard on tape discussing 'highly confidential, secret' documents - Matza, Max (BBC News, 2023)
It appears to be the same recording cited by prosecutors in their indictment of the former president.
Keywords: 2023-06 June

El Archivo Nacional de la Memoria: una política de derechos humanos - Maureira, Juan René; Miranda, Daniel; Ogass Bilbao, Claudio (Interferencia, 2023)
Los autores de la columna plantean la necesidad, a 50 años del golpe de Estado, de la creación de un Archivo Nacional de la Memoria, que además de contribuir a la memoria y el apoyo de causas de derechos humanos, pueda generar que el Estado chileno cumpla con sus compromisos internacionales en la materia, los que están al debe.
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published - Maurizi, Sterfania (ComputerWeekly.com, 2023)
Speaking to Computer Weekly after we published new revelations from the Snowden archive, the Guardian’s Pulitzer Prize winner, Ewen MacAskill, explains why more of the Snowden trove is unlikely to see the light of day.
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Vice Pulled a Documentary Critical of Saudi Arabia. But Here It Is. - Mazurov, Nikita (The Intercept, 2023)
Vice’s coverage on Saudi Arabia changed after investment deals with the repressive kingdom. A deleted documentary is not completely gone. However it can be seen thanks to the videoplayback link displayed in the article.
Keywords: 2023-09 September

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.