Crafting the ‘Lawful Truth’: Chile’s 1990 Truth Commission, International Human Rights and the Museum of Memory
“Crafting the Lawful Truth: Chile’s 1990 Truth Commission, International Human Rights and the Museum of Memory”, London Review of International Law, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2019): 253–280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/lril/lrz008
29 Pages Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Date Written: 2019
Abstract
This article examines the relationship between Chile’s 1990 truth commission (TC) and international human rights law (IHRL) through an ethnography of Chile’s Memory Museum. It shows how the Museum gives continuity to the TC’s ‘lawful truth’ and subordinates ‘lawful truths’ that are not informed, mediated and grounded by IHRL.
Keywords: International Human Rights, Truth Commissions, Chile, Memory Museums
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