INVESTIGADORES
CRENZEL Emilio Ariel
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
National commission on The dessapearence in Argentina. Reconciliation, but after truth and justice
Autor/es:
CRENZEL, EMILIO ARIEL
Lugar:
Montreal
Reunión:
Conferencia; Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation? The Importance of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions for Promoting Democratic Good Governance; 2014
Institución organizadora:
McGill University
Resumen:
Abstract
This article examines the contributions to transitional justice made by the National Commission
on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP) in Argentina; a commission established
in December 1983 by then constitutional president, Ra´ul Alfons´ýn, to investigate the
fate of the disappeared. In particular, the article analyzes how CONADEP?s inquiry simultaneously
served the functions of creating a new public truth about the crimes ? which
were based on secrecy, the destruction of evidence and concealment by the state ? and of
collecting essential legal evidence necessary for the prosecution of perpetrators. Finally, it
explains the success of the inquiry, which was a result of the combined efforts of Alfons´ýn?s
democratic administration and the Argentinian human
rights movement.