Argentinian genocide and its representations. Contribution of the judicial process in the construction of collective memory

Authors

  • Malena Silveyra Equipo de Asistencia Sociológica a Querellas dirigido por Daniel Feierstein, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales- Universidad de Buenos Aires

Abstract

With the reopening of the trials for the crimes committed during the last dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983), debates on the qualification of the facts as crimes against humanity or genocide and their different effects on society emerged. From the analysis of a representative group of rulings, this article analyzes the legal debates concerning the legal qualification, the ways in which the courts understand the socio-historical phenomenon under trial and the relationship between the two variables.


Author Biography

Malena Silveyra, Equipo de Asistencia Sociológica a Querellas dirigido por Daniel Feierstein, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales- Universidad de Buenos Aires

Licencia en Sociología (FSOC- UBA)

Investigadora en formación (EASQ/FSOC-UBA)

Trabaja en Comisión de la Memoria- UBA

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Published

2016-03-30

Issue

No. 10 (2016)

Section

Research Papers

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