Archivo Nacional de la Memoria
Encyclopedia
The Archivo Nacional de la Memoria (National Archive of Memory) is an archive
set up by decree 1259/2003 of the president of Argentina
Néstor Kirchner
on 16 December 2003 to obtain and process data pertaining to human rights
violations by the Argentine State
, obviously referring to events of the illegal dirty war
of 1976 to 1983 waged by the state on those it perceived as its enemies.
Archive
An archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of an organization...
set up by decree 1259/2003 of the president of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...
on 16 December 2003 to obtain and process data pertaining to human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
violations by the Argentine State
Sovereign state
A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...
, obviously referring to events of the illegal dirty war
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...
of 1976 to 1983 waged by the state on those it perceived as its enemies.
See also
- Batallón de Inteligencia 601Batallón de Inteligencia 601The Batallón de Inteligencia 601 was a special military intelligence service of the Argentine Army whose structure was set up in the late 1970s, active in the Dirty War and Operation Condor, and disbanded in 2000...
- National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons