ANDHES is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose activities are not for profit and independent of political parties and religious institutions. Its mission is to help to re-inscribe human rights and the democratisation of social relations as a social convention, by defending human rights and promoting them through education and public policies.
The Dirección de Memoria Histórica y Reparación (Directorate of Historical Memory and Reparation, DMHR) is an organisation attached to the Paraguayan Ministry of Justice’s General Directorate of Human Rights.
The Agrupación de Familiares de Ejecutados Políticos (Association of the Relatives of Executed Political Prisoners, AFEP) is an organisation that brings together the spouses, companions, children, parents, relatives, and friends of the Chileans who were assassinated by the Pinochet dictatorship between 1973 and 1990. Its headquarters is situated in the capital of Santiago, Chile.
Database on South America’s Transnational Human Rights Violations (1969-1981)
24marzo Onlus is a non-profit organisation that brings together Argentines, Chileans, and Uruguayans living in different Italian cities, many of whom were victims of the South American dictatorships and of Plan Condor. It has advocated for the recent lawsuits in Rome, Italy.
First Stage
This policy brief is based on a multi-year study carried out between 2013 and 2016 on accountability for Plan Cóndor crimes and, in particular, two knowledge exchange workshops, in which academics, lawyers, judges, prosecutors, policy experts and members of civil society from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay participated. The brief highlights the main challenges and obstacles that have delayed and slowed down the elucidation of past transnational atrocities in South America. It also sets out three recommendations to overcome these hindrances across the region.
This policy brief is based on a multi-year study carried out between 2013 and 2016 on accountability for Plan Cóndor crimes and, in particular, two knowledge exchange workshops, in which academics, lawyers, judges, prosecutors, policy experts and members of civil society from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay participated. The brief highlights the main challenges and obstacles that have delayed and slowed down the elucidation of past transnational atrocities in South America. It also sets out three recommendations to overcome these hindrances across the region.
This policy brief is based on a long-term study of accountability policies in this region. It also draws upon the discussion and knowledge exchange held during the workshop “Investigating Crimes against Humanity in South America: Present and Future Challenges,” organized by the University of Oxford and Argentina’s Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes against Humanity, held in Buenos Aires in May 2018. The brief summarizes the main challenges and difficulties associated with investigating crimes against humanity in South America.
