Atrocity's Archives: the Role of Archives in Transitional Justice

Dr Anita Ferrara is part of the research project called: “Atrocity’s Archives: the Role of Archives in Transitional Justice. This  is a collaborative project between Swiss peace in Bern, the Stasi Records Archive in Berlin and the Faculty of Law at University of Oxford, which aims to develop networks between academics and practitioners to develop a better understanding of the role of archives in various transitional justice context; We know little about how different types of archives such as court archives, truth and reconciliation archives, survivor testimony archives, (secret) police or state archives impact on the different stages in a transitional justice process or on proclaimed goals such as reconciliation, forgiveness or healing;  https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/role-archives-transitional-justice   

Listen to Anita’s story about her research on the Chilean archives of the truth commissions, how they were used in various ways by different transitional justice mechanisms and what role archives play in memorialising the past.

 https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/role-archives-transitional-justice/anita-ferrara