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- Title
LIES ENGRAVED ON MARBLE AND TRUTHS LOST FOREVER.
- Authors
Mezarobba, Glenda
- Abstract
The National Truth Commission (NTC) was established in Brazil in 2012, with one of its goals being to clarify, in collaboration with other public entities, the facts and circumstances surrounding cases of severe human rights violations committed during the period 1946 - 1988. In this article the author reconstructs some of the dialogue developed by the NTC with the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces and, more specifically, the NTC's efforts to shed light on cases of deaths and forced disappearances. Having led part of this dialogue, Mezarobba explains in detail the exchange of official correspondence, the meetings and the documentary analysis conducted by these bodies. The author argues that although not a single case of forced disappearance or death was resolved, the dialogue that took place cannot be ignored.
- Subjects
TRUTH commissions; GOVERNMENTAL investigations; HUMAN rights violations; BRAZIL. Ministry of Defense; VIOLENCE
- Publication
Sur: International Journal on Human Rights / Revista Internacional de Direitos Humanos, 2015, Vol 12, Issue 21, p1
- ISSN
1806-6445
- Publication type
Article