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The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict SocietiesWhat Defines the Victims of Human Rights Violations? The Case of the Comité Pro Paz and Vicaría de la Solidaridad in Chile (1973–1992)

The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies: What Defines the Victims of Human Rights... [Unlike most experiences of politically motivated state violence, the military dictatorship that took place in Chile (1973–1990) was contested throughout the regime through the work of victims’ assistance and defense carried out by civil society organizations. This chapter traces the provenance of the notions of victims used in the transitional period (1990–2011) by the democratic Chilean State to qualify and provide reparations to the victims of Pinochet dictatorship. It argues that—to a large extent—what defines these victims is the capacity of those human rights organizations’ archives to endorse or authenticate the testimonies told to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. Thus, we propose a need to turn from the question of who defines the victims to the question of what defines who the victims are, recognizing the mediating role played by infrastructures of registration.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict SocietiesWhat Defines the Victims of Human Rights Violations? The Case of the Comité Pro Paz and Vicaría de la Solidaridad in Chile (1973–1992)

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Editors: Druliolle, Vincent; Brett, Roddy
Bernasconi, Oriana; Ruiz, Marcela; Lira, Elizabeth
The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies — Feb 21, 2018
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-70201-8
Pages
101 –131
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-70202-5_5
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Abstract

[Unlike most experiences of politically motivated state violence, the military dictatorship that took place in Chile (1973–1990) was contested throughout the regime through the work of victims’ assistance and defense carried out by civil society organizations. This chapter traces the provenance of the notions of victims used in the transitional period (1990–2011) by the democratic Chilean State to qualify and provide reparations to the victims of Pinochet dictatorship. It argues that—to a large extent—what defines these victims is the capacity of those human rights organizations’ archives to endorse or authenticate the testimonies told to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. Thus, we propose a need to turn from the question of who defines the victims to the question of what defines who the victims are, recognizing the mediating role played by infrastructures of registration.]

Published: Feb 21, 2018

Keywords: Chile; Human rights archives; Infrastructure of registration; Military dictatorship; Transitional devices; Victims

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