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The things they carry : victims’ documentation of forced disappearance in Colombia and Sri Lanka

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Date
17/08/2020
Author
Cronin-Furman, Kate
Krystalli, Roxani
Keywords
Colombia
Conflict
Human rights
Norms
Sri Lanka
Transitional justice
JZ International relations
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
NDAS
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Abstract
Survivors of systematic violations of human rights abuses carry with them the evidence of their victimization: photographs of the missing, news clippings, copies of police reports. In some contexts, collecting and preserving these documents is part of an effort to claim benefits, such as official victim status or reparations, from the state. In others, it serves as a record of and rebuke to the state’s inaction. In this article, through a comparative case study of victim mobilization in Colombia and Sri Lanka, we explore how these dynamics play out in contexts with high and low (respectively) levels of state action on transitional justice. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in both contexts, we examine grassroots documentation practices with an eye toward how they reflect the strategic adaptation of international transitional justice norms to specific contexts. We also examine how they organize relationships among individuals, the state, and notions of justice in times of transition from war and dictatorship. We argue that, beyond the strategic engagement with and/or rebuke of the state, these documents are also sites of ritual and memory for those who collect them.
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Cronin-Furman , K & Krystalli , R 2020 , ' The things they carry : victims’ documentation of forced disappearance in Colombia and Sri Lanka ' , European Journal of International Relations , vol. Online First . https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066120946479
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European Journal of International Relations
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066120946479
ISSN
1354-0661
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2020. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Roxani Krystalli’s research was supported by fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation (DDRIG), the United States Institute of Peace (Peace Scholarship), the Social Science Research Council (IDRF and DPDF), the Henry J. Leir Institute (Human Security Fellowship), the World Peace Foundation and The Fletcher School PhD Fund.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20593

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