December event: Legacies of Mass Atrocities

The Quest for Justice for the Disappeared in Argentina

As part of the Seminar Series "Genocide, Justice, and Human Rights," funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and CUNY-Queensborough. Co-sponsored by the Historical Memory Project of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Please join the Historical Memory Project for a historic conversation about the legacies of mass atrocities and the quest for justice in Argentina. Between 1976 and 1983, over 30,000 social justice activists, labeled the “internal enemy” by the military dictatorship, were forcibly disappeared. Over three decades later, local human rights trials are being carried out to bring the institutions and people responsible for these atrocities to justice. But can justice ever be achieved for the Mothers of the Disappeared? What effects do these trials have in breaking the silence over the past? Can local systems of justice redress crimes against humanities committed by states?

Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 6-9pm

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

524 West 59th Street

New Building

Conference Room 9.64

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*This Series has been made possible by a generous grant from the

National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or

recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent

those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.*

Live Webcast at: http://www.jjay.cuny.edu.

Mil gracias for your support of historical memory!

Marcia Esparza & the Historical Memory Project

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