This Report drafted by Antonio Gonzalez Quintana is an inescapable reference in the field of Archives and Human Rights. Antonio led the UNESCO/ICA group that produced in 1995 a first report on the manegement of the archives of the state security services of Former Repressive Regimes. This report was expanded into the more complete version launched in 2009, whose translation to english was completed by Margaret Turner.
Archival Policies in the Protection of Human Rights
Antonio Gonzalez Quintana is an spanish archivist with a long and illustrious career in the Spanish State Archives and Military Archives as well as the NATO Archives Committee. He is currently serving as Deputy Director General of Archives of the autonomous Community of Madrid.
The use of archives to promote social justice and respect for human rights is a common point amongst the professionals of archives. Sadly, History bears evidence as to the use of archives as tools of control and repression: Franco, Stasi or the latin-american dictatorships spring to mind as harrowing examples of the devastating effects that archives can produce when used in this way... This Blog attempts to be another contribution to the fight for the cause of Human Rights
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