Archives and Human Rights

Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationship between archives and human rights and discusses the emergence, at the international level, of the p...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 2021
Series:Routledge Approaches to History
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