Regime Archives. The Argentine Case.

GABRIELA IPPOLITO-O'DONNELL; PAULA CANELO

Memory of Nations. Democratic Transition Guide. Experience of Selected Countries, Second Edition: The Argentine / Cambodian / Georgian Experience

National Endowment for Democracy (NED) & CEVRO Institut

Lugar: Praga; Año: 2018; p. 25 - 32

This chapter is dedicated to the analysis of the Transition to Democracy in the Argentine case, specially the problem of the regime Archives ("archivos de la represión"). Includes, between others, the next issues: content of the secret service archives; attempts to destroy the operation documentation of the political police; use of archives during transformation; risks related to the use of the archives; public control over the archives; declassification and opening up of the archives; right to the access the archives; dealing with individual rights and personal data.