Memory in Times of War

This article describes the complexity of transitional justice in Colombia since the approval of Law 975, known as the “Justice and Peace Law,” and the demobilization of the United Autodefenses of Colombia in 2005. In the middle of the open war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and t...

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Fecha de publicación:
2009
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:
Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/28125
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-2008-017
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28125
Palabra clave:
Colombia
Memory
War
Truth
Justice
Victim
Armed
Rights
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Restringido (Acceso a grupos específicos)
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Summary:This article describes the complexity of transitional justice in Colombia since the approval of Law 975, known as the “Justice and Peace Law,” and the demobilization of the United Autodefenses of Colombia in 2005. In the middle of the open war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian government, different victims' organizations have empowered themselves around their struggle to reconstruct memory.